MVC render PartialViewResult to string
asp.net-mvc, asp.net-mvc-4, asp.net-mvc-partialview, c#
Solution
It is also possible to return the ContentResult / Content object as a result of the invoked Action.
Then use the returned results within a View.
Here is an illustration of this solution (requires the RenderViewToString method):
View:
@Html.Action("GetHtmlAction")
PartialView (source for html content):
<h1>SomeHeader</h1>
<table class="table table-striped">
<tbody data-bind="template: { name: 'eventTemplate', foreach: events }">
<tr>
<td>Fake Cell</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Controller:
public ActionResult GetHtmlAction() {
string htmlContent = RenderRazorViewToString("FakePartialView", null);
return Content(htmlContent);
}
public string RenderRazorViewToString(string viewName, object model) {
ViewData.Model = model;
using (var sw = new StringWriter()) {
var viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(ControllerContext, viewName);
var viewContext = new ViewContext(ControllerContext, viewResult.View, ViewData, TempData, sw);
viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);
viewResult.ViewEngine.ReleaseView(ControllerContext, viewResult.View);
return sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
}
}
Problem
Disclaimer: I edited the question because i changed the process, but it does not change anything of the problem... I am trying to get a `PartialViewResult` rendered to a string, i tried to use the `RenderRazorViewToString` Method from this question render a view as a string..., i got the hint from this qustion mvc return partial view as json My problem is, the string looks like this: ``` <$A$><h1>SomeHeader</h1> <table</$A$><$B$> class="table table-striped"</$B$><$C$>> <tbody</$C$><$D$> data-bind="template: { name: 'eventTemplate', foreach: events }"</$D$><$E$>></tbody> </table></$E$> ``` instead of this ``` <h1>SomeHeader</h1> <table class="table table-striped"> <tbody data-bind="template: { name: 'eventTemplate', foreach: events }"></tbody> </table> ``` Update: The Process looks like this: ``` public ActionResult Index(string item, long id) { var cont = SomePartialView(item, id); return View(model: RenderRazorViewToString(cont)); } ``` now the View just renders the string like this: ``` @Model ``` The `RenderRazorViewToString(PartialViewResult)` returns this "crippled" string...