/// <summary>
/// Returns the string output from a ViewResultBase object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="controllerContext"></param>
/// <param name="viewResult"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string RenderViewResultAsString(this ControllerContext controllerContext, ViewResultBase viewResult)
{
using (var sw = new StringWriter())
{
controllerContext.EnsureViewObjectDataOnResult(viewResult);
var viewContext = new ViewContext(controllerContext, viewResult.View, viewResult.ViewData, viewResult.TempData, sw);
viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);
foreach (var v in viewResult.ViewEngineCollection)
{
v.ReleaseView(controllerContext, viewResult.View);
}
return(sw.ToString().Trim());
}
}
