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  n26

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  Getting ViewResult as String?

  Oct 31, 2008 08:58 AM|LINK

  Hello,
  

  first sorry for my bad english, it's not my first language [;)]
  

  [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
  
  public JsonResult Draw(int width, int height)
  
  {
  
  AddTask.Assign("#mapContainer > div", View("Map", Fields));
  
  AddTask.Call("map.initialize");
  
  
  
  return Json(AjaxHandler.GetResponse());
  
  }

  To work with Ajax I have wrote my own class.
  
  After building an object using AddTask (line 4 and 5) I want to return this object as Json (line 7).
  
  But to get this work done I need to transform the ViewResult from View("Map", Fields) (line 4) to a string. Is this possible?

   Thanks,
  Markus

  Edit:
  Maybe a bit more understandable...
  I want to to something like this:

  string content = View("Map");

  It is obvious to me, that this doesn't works. But I really need something like this. I need the functionality to store a rendered View or PartialView in a variable... is this possible?

  MVC json ajax ViewResult

  • Edited by n26 on Oct 31, 2008 02:43 PM
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  maartenba

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  Re: Getting ViewResult as String?

  Oct 31, 2008 02:48 PM|LINK

  Try the properties of the View("Map", Fields) ViewResult --> there's a View property (an IView) which allows you to render contents to any TextWriter. StringWriter might be a good choice to actually render the IView to a string which can be used. Good luck!

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  n26

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  Re: Getting ViewResult as String?

  Oct 31, 2008 03:36 PM|LINK

  First, thanks for your answere!

  void Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer);

  I think you mean this one? Seemingly this could help... but I allready searched a way to get the current ViewContext for useing in the Controller and I couldn't found one. Did you or sombody else know a solution to do so?

   Thanks,
  Markus