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[david.ondracek@bayoo.net]

Hi Krishan, Thanks for the hint, that explains the problem indeed. When the widget is in a different assembly than the SitefinityWebApp, the Views have to be compiled as a resources m. In particular, you will have to set the „ Build Action“ property to „Embedded Resource“. This also means that every change in the cshtml of the view will require recompilation. Another option: move the View to the main SitefinityWebApp, but then you end up with controller and view in different assemblies which feels kind of messy Pls check point 5 in: www.progress.com/.../create-widgets-mvc As well as: www.progress.com/.../create-widgets-in-external-assemblies-mvc Hope the hint helps David

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