Partial view with @HTML.Action(...)

Question

I have a strongly typed partial view that should show the name of an account that a user is logged into: ``` @model MyNamespace.Models.AccountNameViewModel @if (Request.IsAuthenticated) { @Html.Action("AccountName", "AccountNameController", Model) Logged in to @Model.AccountName } ``` I have a controller: ``` public class AccountNameController : Controller { public ActionResult Index() { return View(); } [ChildActionOnly] public ActionResult AccountName(AccountNameViewModel model) { ... Do somthing with the repository to populate the model return PartialView(model); } } ``` What I want to do is add a shared partial view that displays the name of an account that a user is logged into. What I get is the following error: ``` The controller for path '/ParentViewPath/' was not found or does not implement IController. ``` Am I at least heading in the right direction?

Accepted Answer

You have to remove the `controller` part in your call

```
 @Html.Action("AccountName", "AccountName", Model)
```

To render a partial view you can also call

```
 @Html.Partial("AccountName", "AccountName", Model)
```

Partial view with @HTML.Action(...)

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