/// <summary>
/// Renders a partial MVC view to string. Use this method to render
/// a partial view that doesn't merge with _Layout and doesn't fire
/// _ViewStart.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="viewPath">
/// The path to the view to render. Either in same controller, shared by
/// name or as fully qualified ~/ path including extension
/// </param>
/// <param name="model">The model to pass to the viewRenderer</param>
/// <param name="controllerContext">Active controller context</param>
/// <param name="errorMessage">optional output parameter to receive an error message on failure</param>
/// <returns>String of the rendered view or null on error</returns>
public static string RenderPartialView(string viewPath, object model,
ControllerContext controllerContext,
out string errorMessage)
{
errorMessage = null;
try
{
ViewRenderer renderer = new ViewRenderer(controllerContext);
return renderer.RenderPartialView(viewPath, model);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errorMessage = ex.GetBaseException().Message;
}
return null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Renders a partial MVC view to string. Use this method to render
/// a partial view that doesn't merge with _Layout and doesn't fire
/// _ViewStart.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="viewPath">
/// The path to the view to render. Either in same controller, shared by
/// name or as fully qualified ~/ path including extension
/// </param>
/// <param name="model">The model to pass to the viewRenderer</param>
/// <param name="controllerContext">Active controller context</param>
/// <returns>String of the rendered view or null on error</returns>
public static string RenderPartialView(string viewPath, object model,
ControllerContext controllerContext)
{
ViewRenderer renderer = new ViewRenderer(controllerContext);
return renderer.RenderPartialView(viewPath, model);
}
/// <summary>
/// Renders a partial MVC view to string. Use this method to render
/// a partial view that doesn't merge with _Layout and doesn't fire
/// _ViewStart.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="viewPath">
/// The path to the view to render. Either in same controller, shared by
/// name or as fully qualified ~/ path including extension
/// </param>
/// <param name="model">The model to pass to the viewRenderer</param>
/// <param name="controllerContext">Active Controller context</param>
/// <returns>String of the rendered view or null on error</returns>
public static string RenderView(string viewPath, object model, string layout,
ControllerContext controllerContext)
{
ViewRenderer renderer = new ViewRenderer(controllerContext);
return renderer.RenderView(viewPath, model, layout);
}