# Access ActionView::Base in configuration

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-actionview-base-in-configuration/155433>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 11, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-actionview-base-in-configuration/155433 "2008-12-11T19:10:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-actionview-base-in-configuration/155433/1 "2008-12-11T19:10:29Z")

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Why is it impossible to access ActionView::Base in my environment.rb ?  
getting uninitialized constant error…

thanks fyl

erwin

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**Author:** ![kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-actionview-base-in-configuration/155433/2 "2008-12-11T19:21:41Z")

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Because the code you’re writing is running before the framework has  
been loaded. Stick it in an initializer

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