Combres' route (combres.axd) doesn't work - asp.net

Question

I have followed the article http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/combres2.aspx.
When I run my site I cannot get the combres.axd to work ? I know that the combres is running since an incorrect file in my xml will cause an error. I am running an ASP.NET 4.0 web forms site on vista.
My Combres XML settings are.
resourceSets url="~/combres.axd" defaultDuration="30" defaultVersion="auto" defaultDebugEnabled="auto"
I have checked the web.config for all correct values. The reference has been added from the merge directory and the global ASX file has the following.
protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RouteTable.Routes.AddCombresRoute("Combres");
}
I also checked the value is created in the html source.
href="/combres.axd/siteCss/309885723"
src="/combres.axd/siteJs/408582048"
I do not get an error or anything to help me track down the reason it will not work or what I may have missed. Any suggestions would be great.

Answer 1

I had the same problem when trying to get it to work for the first time.
Make sure that the Combres route is added before the call to ignore the route {resource}.axd.
Correct:
RouteTable.Routes.AddCombresRoute("Combres");
RouteTable.Routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
Incorrect:
RouteTable.Routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
RouteTable.Routes.AddCombresRoute("Combres");

Answer 2

First, i'd suggest to hook a log4net to the combres logger in your web.config (don't forget to setup the configsection for log4net)
<log4net>
<logger name="Combres">
<level value="ALL"/>
<appender-ref ref="LogCombres" />
</logger>
<appender name="LogCombres" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="Combres.log.txt"/>
<appendToFile value="true"/>
<maximumFileSize value="5000KB"/>
<maxSizeRollBackups value="2"/>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
</log4net>
And in your global.asax launch the configuration
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure()
You should have a detailed log of what's happening. If what's wrong doesn't pop out, don't hesitate to come back with some log output

Answer 3

For some reason the only way we could fix showing css in debug=false mode is by adding combres.axd to the anonymous access in web.config
<location path="combres.axd">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

Answer 4

What is your modules setting in web.config? Check for the runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests attribute.
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
</system.webServer>
With a legacy WebForms app, I found I did not have that setting and once I put it in, the combres.axd route worked.
More on my question too

Answer 5

These are the changes i did in the project and it stated to run properly.
In the Global.asax file add these lines
using Combres;
In the application_start method
protected void Application_Start()
{
RouteTable.Routes.AddCombresRoute("Combres");//Add this line
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}
Comment out the line in Combres.cs file.

Answer 6

This happened to me too but the problem was from Yahoo.Yui.Compressor they changed one property signature in their new version 1.6*.
So to fix it i just down the Yahoo.Yui.Compressor to version 1.5.
And i'm happy now :)