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c#asp.net-mvc-4mvcmailer

"Main" method in ASP.Net MVC Project - aka method to run before pages are loaded?

I have a project that is basically only an MVC project because it gives intellisense for Razor views and the library (Mvc.Mailer) depends on HttpContext. Right now I have to load a page in order for the constructor in my MvcApplication to run, or the Application_Start, or Init.

Is there a way to bootstrap the mvc app main method, or anything that is called before any page requests that doesn't require me to send a page load request?

Solution

  • There's no method in ASP.NET that runs before the first access to your application.

    The simplest way to fix it is to install AppFabric into your IIS and let that handle the automatic start of your services. It will "poke" all services it's configured with so that they're always running and initialized.