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Garrett Fisher 341 posts 496 karma points

Nov 06, 2015 @ 12:36
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Razor Not Working Globally
Hi,

Developed a site locally (7.3) and I'm doing all my nullchecks and plugging in all my template values using Razor macros a la:
```
<umbraco:Macro  runat="server" language="cshtml">
@if(Model.HasValue("ctaButtonLinkUrl")) {
<a href="@Model.ctaButtonLinkUrl">@Model.ctaButtonText</a>
}
</umbraco:Macro>
```
Everything working great. Then I put the templates up on a staging environment and I get the following error on every single @Model reference:
```
Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference.
```
This is a bummer. Seems like it must be a configuration issue. Can anyone think of a reason why I may not be able to "speak" Razor in my templates? Code in the page is identical to that on my local instance.

Thanks,

Garrett
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Dennis Aaen 4500 posts 18255 karma points admin hq c-trib

Nov 06, 2015 @ 12:42
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Hi Garrett,

You are running Umbraco 7.3, did you run in MVC mode or in WebForms mode. If you are running in MVC mode, then you should try something like this.

I assume that you are using a content picker to pick the url to the page.
```
@{
  if (CurrentPage.HasValue("ctaButtonLinkUrl")){
    var node = Umbraco.Content(CurrentPage.ctaButtonLinkUrl);
    <a href="@node.Url">@node.Name</a>
  }
}
```
Hope this helps,

/Dennis
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Garrett Fisher 341 posts 496 karma points

Nov 06, 2015 @ 13:02
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Thanks for your speedy reply, Dennis.

Actually I am running in WebForms mode because some other developers on the project are using umbraco:item tags -- however, on all our local instances we are able to use both techniques in our templates. I have umbraco:item tags and Razor macros in the same page and it's working fine. I am not using a URL picker but just a textfield (it's an external link), but I went with your idea and syntax:
```
@{
  if (CurrentPage.HasValue("ctaButtonLinkUrl")){
    <a href="@CurrentPage.ctaButtonLinkUrl">@CurrentPage.ctaButtonText</a>
  }
}
```
And I get:
```
The name 'CurrentPage' does not exist in the current context.
```
Thanks again for your help. Any other ideas?

//Garrett
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Dennis Aaen 4500 posts 18255 karma points admin hq c-trib

Nov 06, 2015 @ 13:13
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Hi Garrett,

When you are running in WebForms, as I remember it´s not possible to add Razor directly into the templates.

Could you try create a partial view or a partial view macro with this code, and place it on your template where you want to output the data.
```
@{
  if (CurrentPage.HasValue("ctaButtonLinkUrl")){
    <a href="@CurrentPage.ctaButtonLinkUrl">@CurrentPage.ctaButtonText</a>
  }
}
```
To see if this works for you.

Hope this helps,

/Dennis
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Garrett Fisher 341 posts 496 karma points

Nov 06, 2015 @ 14:27

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Well, the proof is in the pudding -- it is "possible to add Razor directly into the templates." I'm doing it locally. The *.cshtml macros only don't work on this server. I suspect I'll get the same error if using a partial view but I will try it later! Thanks again for staying with me on this! Cheers.

//Garrett

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