In ASP.NET MVC how can I pass a String variable to the _Layout.cshtml view?

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In ASP.NET MVC how can I pass a String variable to the _Layout.cshtml view; ViewBag and ViewData don’t seem to work, is there another/prefered way?

Best Wishes, Yends

ViewBag and ViewData should be fine. Can you show how you are going about it? — Mikeb
– Mikeb, Commented Sep 13, 2011 at 13:38
I am trying to pass data from a controller that is not the home controller to the _Layout.cshtml view. — Yends
– Yends, Commented Sep 13, 2011 at 13:43

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-13 13:40:16Z

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ViewBag/ViewData work fine. For example:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    ViewBag.Message = "Hello World";
    return View();
}

and inside _Layout.cshtml:

<div>@ViewBag.Message</div>

answered Sep 13, 2011 at 13:40

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Yends Over a year ago

I am trying to pass a mock authorisation type from the HTTP-Post Method LogOn inside AccountController to the _Layout.cshtml, this method won't work, do you have any ideas?

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

@Yends, why it wouldn't work? Suffice to set the ViewBag variable in your POST action to whatever value you want to send. Also in your layout you could test whether the value has been set and only then use it.

Yends Over a year ago

My colleague is actually the one working on this and is getting very confused, I will get him to make his own account and continue this thread. Thanks for your input.

Yends Over a year ago

continued: stackoverflow.com/questions/7403349/… - sorry for the shoddy use of multiple questions

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