i have user control, which i render on several views. i want to show viewdata in the usercontrol, but viewdata must be filled in controller method, so i need to fill viewdata on each controller method of each view, where i render usercontrol. is there any simple solutions?
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Have a controller for that control like
MenuController
with an action method
RenderMenu()
{
**do your work to get the data here and preferrably strong type it**
return PartialView("NameOfYourAscxFile", yourObject);
}
If you name your control RenderMenu.ascx, you can just do
RenderMenu()
{
**do your work to get the data here and preferrably strong type it**
return PartialView(yourObject);
}
Or, maybe it would make more sense to name it Menu.ascx and have a method Menu like this
Menu()
{
**do your work to get the data here and preferrably strong type it**
Menu myMenuObject = Repository.GetMenu(...);
return PartialView(myMenuObject);
}
Your Menu.ascx start would look like this
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<mynamespace.Menu>" %>
To use it in a View you do it like this:
<% Html.RenderAction("Menu", "Menu"); %>
HTH
