Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion license key in your ASP.NET MVC application to use our components.
To get start with ASP.NET MVC application, need to ensure the following software to be installed on the machine.
The following steps to create ASP.NET MVC Application.
Step 1: Create ASP.NET MVC Application with default template project in Visual Studio.
Step 2: Once your project created. We need to add Syncfusion EJ2 package into your application by using NuGet Package Manager
.
Open the NuGet
package manager.
Install the Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC4 package to the application.
After installation complete, this will be included in the project. You can refer it from the Project Assembly Reference.
The Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC4 NuGet package has dependencies, Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization and Syncfusion.Licensing for validating Syncfusion license key.
Step 3: Add Syncfusion.EJ2
namespace reference in Web.config
<namespaces>
<add namespace="Syncfusion.EJ2"/>
</namespaces>
<system.web>
<compilation>
<assemblies>
<add assembly="Syncfusion.EJ2, Culture=neutral"/>
</assemblies>
</compilation>
</system.web>
Step 4: Add client side resource through CDN
or local package
in the layout page _Layout.cshtml
.
<head>
....
....
<!-- Syncfusion Essential JS 2 Styles -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" />
<!-- Syncfusion Essential JS 2 Scripts -->
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/dist/ej2.min.js"></script>
</head>
Step 5: Adding Script Manager in layout page _Layout.cshtml
.
<body>
....
....
<!-- Syncfusion Essential JS 2 ScriptManager -->
@Html.EJS().ScriptManager()
</body>
Step 6: Add the below code to your Index.cshtml view page which is present under Views/Home folder, to initialize the document editor.
@Html.EJS().DocumentEditor("container").Render()
public ActionResult Default()
{
return View();
}