MVC error page is loaded in partial view - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a error page with layout that works fine in most cases but when there is an error in a controller that returns a partial view the error page and its layout is placed in the partial view. I guess thats logical but I want the error page to be loaded as full page. How do I accomplish that without changing all error handling.
web.config:
<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/Error">
<error statusCode="500" redirect="~/SystemPages/ErrorPage" />
<error statusCode="403" redirect="~/SystemPages/FileNotFound" />
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/SystemPages/FileNotFound" />
</customErrors>
Global.asax:
Shared Sub RegisterGlobalFilters(ByVal filters As GlobalFilterCollection)
filters.Add(New HandleErrorAttribute())
End Sub
BaseController:
Protected Overrides Sub OnException(ByVal filterContext As ExceptionContext)
If filterContext Is Nothing Then Return
If TypeOf (filterContext.Exception) Is FaultException Then
Dim CodeName As String =
CType(filterContext.Exception, FaultException).Code.Name
Dim Message As String = CType(filterContext.Exception, FaultException).Message
TempData("ErrorMessage") = Message
Else
Logging.LogDebugData(HamtaDebugInformation(filterContext.RouteData))
Logging.WriteExceptionLog(filterContext.Exception)
TempData("ErrorMessage") = filterContext.Exception.Message
End If
Response.Redirect("/SystemPages/ErrorPage")
End Sub
SearchController:
Function GetData() As ActionResult
...
Return PartialView("_Tab", vmData)
ErrorPage:
#Code
ViewData("Title") = "ErrorPage"
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.vbhtml"
End Code
<div id="mainContent" class="oneColumn">
<div class="panel">
<span class="panelTLC"></span>
<span class="panelTRC"></span>
<div id="inputPanel" class="panelContent">
<div class="modul">
<div class="modulHead">
<span class="TLC"></span>
<span class="TRC"></span>
</div>
<div class="modulContent">
<span class="TLC"></span><span class="TRC"></span>
<p>#ViewBag.ErrorMessage</p>
<p>#TempData("ErrorMessage")</p>
<span class="BLC"></span>
<span class="BRC"></span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<span class="panelBLC"></span><span class="panelBRC"></span>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

You could just use a try catch block and in the catch return a View() instead of PartialView().
Function GetData() As ActionResult
Try
...
Return PartialView("_Tab", vmData)
Catch ex as Exception
//Handle exception here ( send to error log, etc)
Return View("~/SystemPages/ErrorPage")
End Try
OR
web.config:
<customErrors mode="On"/>
BaseController:
Protected Overrides Sub OnException(ByVal filterContext As ExceptionContext)
If filterContext Is Nothing Then Return
Dim Message As String
If TypeOf (filterContext.Exception) Is FaultException Then
Dim CodeName As String =
CType(filterContext.Exception, FaultException).Code.Name
Message = CType(filterContext.Exception, FaultException).Message
Else
Logging.LogDebugData(HamtaDebugInformation(filterContext.RouteData))
Logging.WriteExceptionLog(filterContext.Exception)
Message = filterContext.Exception.Message
End If
Response.Redirect(String.Format("~/Error/HttpError/?message={1}", "HttpError", Message))
End Sub
ErrorController:
public class ErrorController : Controller
{
// GET: /Error/HttpError
public ActionResult HttpError(string message) {
return View("ErrorTest", message);
}
This post: ASP.NET MVC Custom Error Handling Application_Error Global.asax?
goes into how to handle each type of error separately. Keep in mind you are handling your exceptions in basecontroller instead of the global.asax file. Which if you were able to change your exception handling, that would be the better way to do it.