public static string RenderViewToString(this ControllerContext context,
string viewPath,
object model = null,
bool partial = false)
{
var viewEngine = context.GetViewEngine(viewPath, partial);
if (viewEngine == null)
{
throw new FileNotFoundException("View cannot be found", viewPath);
}
context.SetViewEngineModel(model);
var view = viewEngine.View;
string result;
using (var streamWriter = new StringWriter())
{
var viewContext = new ViewContext(context, view,
context.Controller.ViewData,
context.Controller.TempData,
streamWriter);
view.Render(viewContext, streamWriter);
result = streamWriter.ToString();
}
return(result);
}
