title: Error executing child request for handler 'System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil+ServerExecuteHttpHandlerAsyncWrapper'
body: <p>I get the below error:</p>
  
  <p>Error executing child request for handler,</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil+ServerExecuteHttpHandlerAsyncWrapper</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>at line</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;li&gt;@{Html.RenderAction("CartSummary", "ShoppingCart");}&lt;/li&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Above code is in <code>Shared/_Layout.cshtml</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
  &lt;html&gt;
  &lt;head&gt;
      &lt;title&gt;@ViewBag.Title&lt;/title&gt;
      &lt;link href="@Url.Content("~/Content/Site.css")"
  rel="stylesheet" 
          type="text/css" /&gt;
      &lt;script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-1.4.4.min.js")"
          type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;/head&gt;
  &lt;body&gt;
      &lt;div id="header"&gt;
          &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="/"&gt;ASP.NET MVC MUSIC
  STORE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
          &lt;ul id="navlist"&gt;
              &lt;li class="first"&gt;
                  &lt;a href="@Url.Content("~")" id="current"&gt;
                      Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
              &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="@Url.Content("~/Store/")"&gt;Store&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
             &lt;li&gt;@{Html.RenderAction("CartSummary", "ShoppingCart");}&lt;/li&gt;
              &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="@Url.Content("~/StoreManager/")"&gt;
                      Admin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
          &lt;/ul&gt;        
      &lt;/div&gt;
      @{Html.RenderAction("GenreMenu", "Store");}
      &lt;div id="main"&gt;
          @RenderBody()
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div id="footer"&gt;
          built with &lt;a href="http://asp.net/mvc"&gt;ASP.NET MVC 3&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><br />
  <code>CartSummary</code> action:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/ GET: /ShoppingCart/CartSummary 
  [ChildActionOnly] 
  public ActionResult CartSummary() 
  { 
      var cart = ShoppingCart.GetCart(this.HttpContext); 
      ViewData["CartCount"] = cart.GetCount(); 
      return PartialView("CartSummary"); 
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>More Description</p>
  
  <pre><code>System.Web.HttpException was unhandled by user code
    HResult=-2147467259
    Message=Error executing child request for handler 'System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil+ServerExecuteHttpHandlerAsyncWrapper'.
    Source=System.Web
    ErrorCode=-2147467259
    WebEventCode=0
    StackTrace:
         at System.Web.HttpServerUtility.ExecuteInternal(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm, Boolean setPreviousPage, VirtualPath path, VirtualPath filePath, String physPath, Exception error, String queryStringOverride)
         at System.Web.HttpServerUtility.Execute(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm, Boolean setPreviousPage)
         at System.Web.HttpServerUtility.Execute(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm)
         at System.Web.HttpServerUtilityWrapper.Execute(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm)
         at System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.ActionHelper(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String actionName, String controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, TextWriter textWriter)
         at System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.RenderAction(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String actionName, String controllerName)
         at ASP._Page_Views_Shared__Layout_cshtml.Execute() in d:\DIL\IT\ASP.NET\MvcMusicStore2\MvcMusicStore2\Views\Shared\_Layout.cshtml:line 20
         at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy()
         at System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy()
         at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage)
         at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass7.&lt;RenderPageCore&gt;b__6(TextWriter writer)
         at System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult.WriteTo(TextWriter writer)
         at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.Write(HelperResult result)
         at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.RenderSurrounding(String partialViewName, Action`1 body)
         at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.PopContext()
         at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage)
         at System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance)
         at System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer)
         at System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context)
         at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResult(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult)
         at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass1c.&lt;InvokeActionResultWithFilters&gt;b__19()
         at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilter(IResultFilter filter, ResultExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation)
    InnerException: System.Web.HttpCompileException
         HResult=-2147467259
         Message=d:\DIL\IT\ASP.NET\MvcMusicStore2\MvcMusicStore2\Views\ShoppingCart\CartSummary.cshtml(4): error CS1502: The best overloaded method match for 'System.Web.WebPages.WebPageExecutingBase.Write(System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult)' has some invalid arguments
         Source=System.Web
         ErrorCode=-2147467259
         WebEventCode=0
         SourceCode=#pragma checksum "D:\DIL\IT\ASP.NET\MvcMusicStore2\MvcMusicStore2\Views\ShoppingCart\CartSummary.cshtml" "{ff1816ec-aa5e-4d10-87f7-6f4963833460}" "8F2BBF58AF78F990CB91A0CC0496EC7C5799E25F"
  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // &lt;auto-generated&gt;
  //     This code was generated by a tool.
  //     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.17929
  //
  //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
  //     the code is regenerated.
  // &lt;/auto-generated&gt;
  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  namespace ASP {
      using System;
      using System.Collections.Generic;
      using System.IO;
      using System.Linq;
      using System.Net;
      using System.Web;
      using System.Web.Helpers;
      using System.Web.Security;
      using System.Web.UI;
      using System.Web.WebPages;
      using System.Web.Mvc;
      using System.Web.Mvc.Ajax;
      using System.Web.Mvc.Html;
      using System.Web.Routing;
  
  
      public class _Page_Views_ShoppingCart_CartSummary_cshtml : System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage&lt;dynamic&gt; {
  
  #line hidden
  
  
          public _Page_Views_ShoppingCart_CartSummary_cshtml() {
          }
  
          protected ASP.global_asax ApplicationInstance {
              get {
                  return ((ASP.global_asax)(Context.ApplicationInstance));
              }
          }
  
          public override void Execute() {
  
  
              #line 1 "D:\DIL\IT\ASP.NET\MvcMusicStore2\MvcMusicStore2\Views\ShoppingCart\CartSummary.cshtml"
  Write(Html.ActionLink("Cart (" + ViewData["CartCount"] + ")",    "Index",    "ShoppingCart",
      new { id = "cart-status" }));
  
  
              #line default
              #line hidden
  WriteLiteral("\r\n\r\n    ");
  
  
  
              #line 4 "D:\DIL\IT\ASP.NET\MvcMusicStore2\MvcMusicStore2\Views\ShoppingCart\CartSummary.cshtml"
  Write(Html.RenderAction("CartSummary", "ShoppingCart"));
  
  
              #line default
              #line hidden
  WriteLiteral(";\r\n");
  
  
          }
      }
  }
  
         StackTrace:
              at System.Web.Compilation.AssemblyBuilder.Compile()
              at System.Web.Compilation.BuildProvidersCompiler.PerformBuild()
              at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CompileWebFile(VirtualPath virtualPath)
              at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultInternal(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean throwIfNotFound, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)
              at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultWithNoAssert(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean throwIfNotFound, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)
              at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVirtualPathObjectFactory(VirtualPath virtualPath, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean throwIfNotFound)
              at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetObjectFactory(String virtualPath, Boolean throwIfNotFound)
              at System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerWrapper.System.Web.Mvc.IBuildManager.FileExists(String virtualPath)
              at System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerViewEngine.FileExists(ControllerContext controllerContext, String virtualPath)
              at System.Web.Mvc.VirtualPathProviderViewEngine.GetPathFromGeneralName(ControllerContext controllerContext, List`1 locations, String name, String controllerName, String areaName, String cacheKey, String[]&amp; searchedLocations)
              at System.Web.Mvc.VirtualPathProviderViewEngine.GetPath(ControllerContext controllerContext, String[] locations, String[] areaLocations, String locationsPropertyName, String name, String controllerName, String cacheKeyPrefix, Boolean useCache, String[]&amp; searchedLocations)
              at System.Web.Mvc.VirtualPathProviderViewEngine.FindPartialView(ControllerContext controllerContext, String partialViewName, Boolean useCache)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ViewEngineCollection.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass8.&lt;FindPartialView&gt;b__7(IViewEngine e)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ViewEngineCollection.Find(Func`2 lookup, Boolean trackSearchedPaths)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ViewEngineCollection.FindPartialView(ControllerContext controllerContext, String partialViewName)
              at System.Web.Mvc.PartialViewResult.FindView(ControllerContext context)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResult(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass1c.&lt;InvokeActionResultWithFilters&gt;b__19()
              at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilter(IResultFilter filter, ResultExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass1c.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass1e.&lt;InvokeActionResultWithFilters&gt;b__1b()
              at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, IList`1 filters, ActionResult actionResult)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeAction(ControllerContext controllerContext, String actionName)
              at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.ExecuteCore()
              at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.Execute(RequestContext requestContext)
              at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.System.Web.Mvc.IController.Execute(RequestContext requestContext)
              at System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass6.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClassb.&lt;BeginProcessRequest&gt;b__5()
              at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass1.&lt;MakeVoidDelegate&gt;b__0()
              at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass8`1.&lt;BeginSynchronous&gt;b__7(IAsyncResult _)
              at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End()
              at System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClasse.&lt;EndProcessRequest&gt;b__d()
              at System.Web.Mvc.SecurityUtil.&lt;GetCallInAppTrustThunk&gt;b__0(Action f)
              at System.Web.Mvc.SecurityUtil.ProcessInApplicationTrust(Action action)
              at System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
              at System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result)
              at System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerAsyncWrapper.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClassa.&lt;EndProcessRequest&gt;b__9()
              at System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass4.&lt;Wrap&gt;b__3()
              at System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.Wrap[TResult](Func`1 func)
              at System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.Wrap(Action action)
              at System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerAsyncWrapper.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result)
              at System.Web.HttpServerUtility.ExecuteInternal(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm, Boolean setPreviousPage, VirtualPath path, VirtualPath filePath, String physPath, Exception error, String queryStringOverride)
         InnerException: 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><br /><br />
  I get another error related to this issue.I'm posing it below</p>
  
  <p>I added this line, this is in <code>CartSummery.cshtml</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>@Html.ActionLink("Cart (" + ViewData["CartCount"] + ")",    "Index", 
                           "ShoppingCart", new { id = "cart-status" })
  
  @Html.RenderAction("CartSummary", "ShoppingCart");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but I have the following error :</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DevServer\10.0&gt; "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /t:library /utf8output /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Routing\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Routing.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Runtime.Serialization\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.ServiceModel.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Services\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.Services.dll" /R:"C:\Users\W8\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\c147d7a5\1dbddebf\App_global.asax.nsxenzgx.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Abstractions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Abstractions.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.WorkflowServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.WorkflowServices.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.WebPages\v4.0_1.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.WebPages.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.ApplicationServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.EnterpriseServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.EnterpriseServices.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Activities\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Activities.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Activities\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Activities.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Mvc\v4.0_3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Mvc.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment\v4.0_2.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.Data\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Core\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Core.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Configuration\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Configuration.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.CSharp\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.CSharp.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Helpers\v4.0_1.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Helpers.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.IdentityModel\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.IdentityModel.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Web\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Web.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Activation\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Activation.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Drawing.dll" /R:"C:\Users\W8\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\c147d7a5\1dbddebf\assembly\dl3\8a78b80f\5b89d8d7_19a3ce01\MvcMusicStore2.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.DynamicData\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.DynamicData.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.Web\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Data.DataSetExtensions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Extensions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Extensions.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml.Linq\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.Linq.dll" /R:"C:\Users\W8\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\c147d7a5\1dbddebf\assembly\dl3\6c65bdb8\282840f1_e09fce01\EntityFramework.dll" /out:"C:\Users\W8\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\c147d7a5\1dbddebf\App_Web_cartsummary.cshtml.fd8dc0e0.sp2ioc_m.dll" /D:DEBUG /debug+ /optimize- /w:4 /nowarn:1659;1699;1701;612;618 /warnaserror-  "C:\Users\W8\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\c147d7a5\1dbddebf\App_Web_cartsummary.cshtml.fd8dc0e0.sp2ioc_m.0.cs" "C:\Users\W8\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\c147d7a5\1dbddebf\App_Web_cartsummary.cshtml.fd8dc0e0.sp2ioc_m.1.cs"
  
  
  Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler version 4.0.30319.17929
  
  for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework 4.5
  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
  
  d:\DIL\IT\ASP.NET\MvcMusicStore2\MvcMusicStore2\Views\ShoppingCart\CartSummary.cshtml(3,1): error CS1502: The best overloaded method match for 'System.Web.WebPages.WebPageExecutingBase.Write(System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult)' has some invalid arguments
  d:\DIL\IT\ASP.NET\MvcMusicStore2\MvcMusicStore2\Views\ShoppingCart\CartSummary.cshtml(3,7): error CS1503: Argument 1: cannot convert from 'void' to 'System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult'
  
  Show Complete Compilation Source:
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><br />
  Here is <code>the CartSummary.cshtml</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>@Html.ActionLink("Cart (" + ViewData["CartCount"] + ")", "Index", "ShoppingCart", new { id = "cart-status" })
  
      @Html.RenderAction("CartSummary", "ShoppingCart");
  </code></pre>