Can i return a Partial view and a Json object from my action method at the same time

i have the following action method, that returns a partial view `_create`. but is there a way to pass a Json object such as `return Json(new { IsSuccess = "True" }, in addtion to the Partial view. Part of my Action method looks as follow:-

try
            {
                if (ModelState.IsValid)
                {
                    var v = repository.GetVisit(visitid);
                    if (!(v.EligableToStart(User.Identity.Name)))
                    { return View("NotFound"); }
                    vlr.VisitID = visitid;
                    repository.AddVisitLabResult(vlr);
                    repository.Save();
                    ViewBag.LabTestID = new SelectList(repository.FindAllLabTest(), "LabTestID", "Description", vlr.LabTestID);
                   // return Json(new { IsSuccess = "True" }, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
                    @ViewBag.status = "Added Succsfully";
                    return  PartialView("_create",vlr) ;
                }
            }

Re: Can i return a Partial view and a Json object from my action method at the same time

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Can i return a Partial view and a Json object from my action method at the same time

Return only the data and isSuccess . The html part will be on the client side. Please see http://bit.ly/mvc_ajax_jquery

Re: Can i return a Partial view and a Json object from my action method at the same time

Thanks for your reply; But currently i am returning a partial view because it will contain any validation errors that might occur after submitting the new object the new object - incase the client browser does not support client side validation ofcourse- ,, so if i will only return the Json data ,, then incase a validation error occurs it will not be displayed on the view.

Re: Can i return a Partial view and a Json object from my action method at the same time

Please explain what are you trying to do. Do you want to call tha action with an AJAX request and return Json and in case the javascript is disabled return the view?

If not then do as Andrei said and add that property as a hidden field in the partial view. You can read it then from JavaScript and decide what to do.

Re: Can i return a Partial view and a Json object from my action method at the same time

http only allows 1 response per request. your view should have a hidden field that javascript queries after the reponse to check success.

Re: Can i return a Partial view and a Json object from my action method at the same time

wht i am trying to do as follow:-

1. i am calling the action method using ajax.beginform

using (Ajax.BeginForm("CreateAll", "VisitLabResult", new AjaxOptions
{
    HttpMethod = "Post",
    UpdateTargetId = item.ToString(),
    InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace,
    OnSuccess = string.Format(
                   "disableform({0})",
                   Json.Encode(item)),
}))

2. after succfully receiving the response from the server ,, the Onsuccess script will be executed,,, the script simply disable the form:-

function disableform(id) {
    $('#' + id + ' :input').prop("disabled", true);
}

The problme is that the script will always disable the form even is some validation error occurs,, so what i was trying to achieve is to return a JSON with the partial view that indicate if the ModelState.IsValid was valid or not ,, and if it was not valid to keep the form enabled to allow the user to correct the validation errors.