/// <summary>
/// Renders a full MVC view to a writer. Will render with the full MVC
/// View engine including running _ViewStart and merging into _Layout
/// </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 = null,
ControllerContext controllerContext = null)
{
ViewRenderer renderer = new ViewRenderer(controllerContext);
return(renderer.RenderViewToString(viewPath, model));
}
/// <summary>
/// Renders a full MVC view to a writer. Will render with the full MVC
/// View engine including running _ViewStart and merging into _Layout
/// </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 out parameter that captures an error message instead of throwing</param>
/// <returns>String of the rendered view or null on error</returns>
public static string RenderView(string viewPath, object model,
ControllerContext controllerContext,
out string errorMessage)
{
errorMessage = null;
try
{
ViewRenderer renderer = new ViewRenderer(controllerContext);
return(renderer.RenderViewToString(viewPath, model));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errorMessage = ex.GetBaseException().Message;
}
return(null);
}