The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml": "Scripts"

I'm new to ASP MVC and utilizing the Intro to ASP MVC 4 Beta tutorial http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-4/getting-started-with-aspnet-mvc4/intro-to-aspnet-mvc-4

I'm encountering an error that I can't seem to find an answer to nor do I have much programming experience so I don't know where to even start to fix this an move on with the tutorial. I appreciate any help you can provide.

I'm in the Accessing Your Model's Data from a Controller section and I am getting this error when I attempt to creat a Movie as a part of the tutorial, I click on the the link "Create New" and I get the following error

The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page >"~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml": "Scripts"

Rather than use Visual Studio express, I opted to download Visual Studio 2012 RC (not sure if that would be the root cause of my issue.

I realize you may require me to include code to answer this but I'm not sure what code to even include. Please advise what code you need me to include if any and I will be happy to add it to my question.

Thank you,

It means that you have defined a section in your master Layout.cshtml, but you have not included anything for that section in your View.

If your _Layout.cshtml has something like this:

@RenderSection("scripts")

Then all Views that use that Layout must include a @section with the same name (even if the contents of the section are empty):

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Title";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
@section scripts{
    // Add something here
}

As an alternative, you can set required to false, then you won't be required to add the section in every View,

@RenderSection("scripts", required: false)

or also you can wrap the @RenderSection in an if block,

@if (IsSectionDefined("scripts"))
{
    RenderSection("scripts");
}

Also, you can add the following line to the _Layout.cshtml or _Layout.Mobile.cshtml:

@RenderSection("scripts", required: false)

I had a case with 3 levels a'la _MainLayout.cshtml <--- _Middle.cshtml <--- Page.cshtml. Even though doing like this:

_MainLayout.cshtml

<head>
   @RenderSection("head", false)
</head>

_Middle.cshtml

@section head {
    @RenderSection("head")
}

and in Page.cshtml defining

@section head {
   ***content***
}

I would still get the error

The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page “~/Views/Shared/_Middle.cshtml”: "head".

Turned out, the error was for the Middle.cshtml to rely on /Views/_ViewStart.cshtml to resolve it's parent layout. The problem was resolved by defining this in Middle.cshtml explicitly:

@{
Layout = "~/Views/_Shared/_MainLayout.cshtml";
}

Can't decide whether this would be by-design or a bug in MVC 4 - anyhow, problem was solved :)

I'm not sure why the accepted answer was accepted if the suggested solution did not and does not solve the issue. There can actually be two related issues related to this topic.

Issue #1

The master page (e.g. _Layout.cshtml) has a section defined and it is required but the inheriting views did not implement it. For example,

The Layout Template

<body>
    @* Visible only to admin users *@
    <div id="option_box"> 
        @* this section is required due to the absence of the second parameter *@
        @RenderSection("OptionBox") 
    </div>
</body>

The Inheriting View

No need to show any code, just consider that there is no implementation of @section OptionBox {} on the view.

The Error for Issue #1

Section not defined: "OptionBox ".

Issue #2

The master page (e.g. _Layout.cshtml) has a section defined and it is required AND the inheriting view did implement it. However, the implementing view have additional script sections that are not defined on (any of) its master page(s).

The Layout Template

same as above

The Inheriting View

<div>
  <p>Looks like the Lakers can still make it to the playoffs</p>
</div>
@section OptionBox {
<a href"">Go and reserve playoff tickets now</a>
}
@section StatsBox {
<ul>
    <li>1. San Antonio</li>
    <li>8. L. A. Lakers</li>
</ul>
}

The Error for Issue #2

The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml": "StatsBox"

The OP's issue is similar to Issue #2 and the accepted answer is for Issue #1.

The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml": "Scripts"

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