HTML is being rendered as literal string using RazorEngine. How can I prevent this?
c#, razor
Solution
Have you tried:
@Raw(installationReport.DigiChannels())
Edit : I could use it in following way (MVC3)
@Html.Raw(installationReport.DigiChannels())
Problem
I'm trying to generate a HTML document with RazorEngine (http://razorengine.codeplex.com/). Everything is mostly working, but the problem I have now is some of the HTML is being rendered correctly, and HTML that I have nested in that is being rendered as literal HTML, so rather than the browser displaying the tables & divs as expected, it's displaying e.g. ``` "<table></table><div></div>" ``` I kick off this process by calling the following: ``` string completeHTML = RazorEngine.Razor.Parse("InstallationTemplate.cshtml", new { Data = viewModels }); ``` The `completeHTML` is then written to a file. "InstallationTemplate.cshtml" is defined as: ``` @{ var installationReport = new InstallationReport(Model.Data); } <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head></head> <body> <div> <!-- I would expect this to write the rendered HTML in place of "@installationReport.DigiChannels()" --> @installationReport.DigiChannels() </div> </body> </html> ``` Where `InstallationReport` and `DigiChannels` are defined as follows: ``` public static class InstallationReportExtensions { public static string DigiChannels(this InstallationReport installationReport) { return installationReport.GetDigiChannelsHtml(); } } public class InstallationReport { public string GetDigiChannelsHtml() { // the following renders the template correctly string renderedHtml = RazorReport.GetHtml("DigiChannels.cshtml", GetDigiChannelData()); return renderedHtml; } } public static string GetHtml(string templateName, object data) { var templateString = GetTemplateString(templateName); return RazorEngine.Razor.Parse(templateString, data); } ``` After `GetDigiChannelsHtml()` runs and returns `renderedHtml`, the line of execution returns to `TemplateBase.cs` into the method `ITemplate.Run(ExecuteContext context)`, which is defined as: ``` string ITemplate.Run(ExecuteContext context) { _context = context; var builder = new StringBuilder(); using (var writer = new StringWriter(builder)) { _context.CurrentWriter = writer; Execute(); // this is where my stuff gets called _context.CurrentWriter = null; } if (Layout != null) { // Get the layout template. var layout = ResolveLayout(Layout); // Push the current body instance onto the stack for later execution. var body = new TemplateWriter(tw => tw.Write(builder.ToString())); context.PushBody(body); return layout.Run(context); } return builder.ToString(); } ``` When I inspect `builder.ToString()`, I can see it contains proper HTML for the `InstallationTemplate.cshtml` stuff, and escaped HTML for the `DigiChannels.cshtml` stuff. For example: How can I get `@installationReport.DigiChannels()` to include the correct HTML instead of the escaped HTML that it's currently doing?