Theme issue when deploying MVC project

[Dan Guisinger]

I'm having a problem when I deploy my project to an IIS server.  It runs fine on the local host development server; I'm assuming I am missing a file when I deploy that isn't making it into the deployment package.

The offending line in the Site.Master template is:

<%=Html.Syncfusion().Menu("syncmenu").Height(30).OpenOnClick(true).AutoFormat(Skins.Sandune)%>

It throws an NullReferenceException.  The stack trace shows:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Shared.<>c__DisplayClass25.<GetResourceUrl>b__22(EmbeddedResource resource) +31

   Syncfusion.Linq.FunctionalExtensions.ForEach(IEnumerable`1 items, Action`1 action) +150

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Shared.CompositeResource.GetResourceUrl(ResourceType resourceType) +128

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Shared.MvcStaticResourceManager.GetCSSResourceUrl(List`1 resourceCollection, List`1 customCollection) +578

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Shared.MvcStaticResourceManager.GetCssCode() +131

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Tools.Menu.RenderStyleSheet() +41

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Tools.Menu.RegisterResource() +2299

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Tools.Menu.RenderControl() +636

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Tools.MenuBuilder.Render() +224

   Syncfusion.Mvc.Tools.MenuBuilder.ToString() +8

   System.Web.HttpWriter.Write(Object obj) +38

   ASP.views_shared_site_master.__Render__control1(HtmlTextWriter __w, Control parameterContainer) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MvcGoldmineAccountManager\Views\Shared\Site.Master:118

   System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +130

   System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +245

   System.Web.UI.Page.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +39

   System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +64

   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +5289

Can anyone tell me what file I'm missing?  All of the assemblies and their associated XML files are in the bin directory on the web server.

[Meena]

Hi Dan,

 

Thanks for contacting Syncfusion forums.

 

The reported issue may occur due to the unavailability of Theme.Base assembly reference in your application. We had introduced a new assembly called “Syncfusion.Theme.Base”  in our Volume 3, 2012 release (v10.3.0.43) for rich theming support. We need to refer that assembly in web.config and application reference as well, while hosting the application to server. Whereas while running the application from local, it will load the Theme.Base assembly from GAC directly (if it is in GAC). If it is not in GAC, we need to refer it manually from BIN directory or any other local directorty.

 

Please refer the below code snippet,

 

<code>

[Web.Config]

     <add assembly="Syncfusion.Theme.Base, Version=10.404.0.71, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3d67ed1f87d44c89"/>            //replace the version based on your Essential studio version

 </code>

 

Kindly try the above suggestion and let us know if it helps.

 

Regards,

Meena