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Utility class to render MVC Partials & Actions in Webforms (or server side controls)
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<viewdata ControllerName="string" /> | |
<viewdata ActionName="string" /> | |
<viewdata RouteValues="object" /> | |
# Html.RenderAction(ActionName, ControllerName, RouteValues); |
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using System.IO; | |
using System.Web; | |
using System.Web.Mvc; | |
using System.Web.Routing; | |
/* Sources: | |
* | |
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/702746/how-to-include-a-partial-view-inside-a-webform/1074061#1074061 | |
* http://www.blog.clicktricity.com/post/Using-MVC-RenderAction-within-a-Webform.aspx | |
* */ | |
class WebFormController : Controller { } | |
public static class WebFormMVCUtil | |
{ | |
static void PartialToTextWriter(TextWriter tw, string partialName, object model) | |
{ | |
//get a wrapper for the legacy WebForm context | |
HttpContextWrapper httpCtx = new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current); | |
//create a mock route that points to the empty controller | |
RouteData rt = new RouteData(); | |
rt.Values.Add("controller", "WebFormController"); | |
//create a controller context for the route and http context | |
ControllerContext ctx = new ControllerContext(new RequestContext(httpCtx, rt), new WebFormController()); | |
//find the partial view using the viewengine | |
IView view = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(ctx, partialName).View; | |
//create a view context and assign the model | |
ViewContext vctx = new ViewContext(ctx, view, new ViewDataDictionary { Model = model }, new TempDataDictionary(), tw); | |
//ERROR OCCURS ON THIS LINE | |
view.Render(vctx, tw); | |
} | |
public static void RenderPartial(string partialName, object model) | |
{ | |
PartialToTextWriter(HttpContext.Current.Response.Output, partialName, model); | |
} | |
public static void RenderPartial(string partialName) | |
{ | |
RenderPartial(partialName, null); | |
} | |
public static string Partial(string partialName, object model) | |
{ | |
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); | |
PartialToTextWriter(sw, partialName, model); | |
return sw.ToString(); | |
} | |
public static string Partial(string partialName) | |
{ | |
return Partial(partialName, null); | |
} | |
public static void RenderAction(string controllerName, string actionName, object routeValues) | |
{ | |
// Requires a RenderActionPartial partial view model in the shared folder of the MVC app | |
RenderPartial("RenderActionPartial", new { ControllerName = controllerName, ActionName = actionName, RouteValues = routeValues }); | |
} | |
public static string Action(string controllerName, string actionName, object routeValues) | |
{ | |
// Requires a RenderActionPartial partial view model in the shared folder of the MVC app | |
return Partial("RenderActionPartial", new { ControllerName = controllerName, ActionName = actionName, RouteValues = routeValues }); | |
} | |
} |
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