Glass Mapper MVC: The name 'RenderLink' does not exist in the current context

Question

I'm trying to get a Sitecore 8 project going with MVC and I am getting the following error:

Compiler Error Message: CS0103: The name 'RenderLink' does not exist in the current context

I have as references (from the nuget packages)

• Castle.Core
• Glass.Mapper
• Glass.Mapper.Sc
• Glass.Mapper.Sc.Mvc

I've tried a few things with the views/web.config. Perhaps there are clashes?

<namespaces>
        <add namespace="Sitecore.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="Sitecore.Data.Items" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
        <add namespace="TDSExample.Web" />
        <add namespace="TDSExample.Entities.Ids" />
        <add namespace="Glass.Mapper.Sc" />
      </namespaces>

I've cleared the Sitecore cache. I'm not sure what I've missed. Here is a cut down version of the view/rendering:

@model Glass.Mapper.Sc.Web.Mvc.GlassView
<TDSExample.Entities.Templates.Header.Header>

  @using Glass.Mapper.Sc @{ Layout = null; var dataSource = Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem(Sitecore.Mvc.Presentation.RenderingContext.Current.Rendering.DataSource) ?? Sitecore.Context.Item; }

  <h1>@Model.Editable(x => x.Title, dataSource)</h1>
  <p>
    @Model.Editable(x => x.Subtitle, dataSource)
  </p>
  @RenderLink(x => x.ReadMoreLink, dataSource, new { @class = "read-more" })

Here is a cut down version of the rendering:

@model Glass.Mapper.Sc.Web.Mvc.GlassView
    <TDSExample.Entities.Templates.Header.Header>

      @using Glass.Mapper.Sc @{ Layout = null; var dataSource = Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem(Sitecore.Mvc.Presentation.RenderingContext.Current.Rendering.DataSource) ?? Sitecore.Context.Item; }

      <h1>@Model.Editable(x => x.Title, dataSource)</h1>
      <p>
        @Model.Editable(x => x.Subtitle, dataSource)
      </p>
      @RenderLink(x => x.ReadMoreLink, dataSource, new { @class = "read-more" })

The test fields rendering just fine. I must be missing a reference somewhere. Putting "@using Glass.Mapper.Sc" or "@using Glass.Mapper.Sc/Mvc" stops VS highlighting it as an error. I just can't see what I've missed. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

change this

@model Glass.Mapper.Sc.Web.Mvc.GlassView<TDSExample.Entities.Templates.Header.Header>

into this

@inherits Glass.Mapper.Sc.Web.Mvc.GlassView<TDSExample.Entities.Templates.Header.Header>

And access the methods on the view instead of the model:

@Editable(m => m.Title)
@RenderLink(m => m.ReadMoreLink)

<!--this should work as well for links--> 
@Editable(m => m.ReadMoreLink)

Added bonus: you should not have to set the layout to null. Make sure you do not have a _ViewStart.cshtml which could cause this.