ASP.NET MVC2 Creating ViewResults outside of controllers

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Again an easy question for ASP.NET MVC 2.

public ActionResult MyAction(MyModel model)
    {
        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
           // do great stuff and redirect somewhere else

        }

        // model has errors
        return View("~/Home/Index", model);
    }

The question is that I want to return a view which is outside of the current controller. I do not want to redirect since I want to hand the model to the next view. The "View"-method does not allow to specify a controller. The above "return View..." obviously doesn't work.

I am sure that there's a simple workaround here :)

tvanfosson · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-27 20:11:48Z

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If your view is used by more than one controller put it in the Shared views folder instead of a specific controller's view folder. Then you can simply refer to it by it's name, if different than the name of the action.

answered Jun 27, 2010 at 20:11

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Terje · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-27 20:26:28Z

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public ActionResult MyAction(MyModel model)
{
    if(ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        return RedirectAction("...");
    }
    ControllerContext.RouteData.Values["controller"] = "SomeOtherController";
    return View("Index");
}

will guide you do Index view under SomeOtherController folder.

answered Jun 27, 2010 at 20:26

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Mike Koder · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-27 20:20:59Z

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You'll need an extension

return View("~/Path/To/View.aspx", model);

answered Jun 27, 2010 at 20:20

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