Passing string containing an Html.ActionLink to a view from a controller

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In my controller I have a string containing C#, something like

 viewModel.Message = 'blah blah <%=Html.ActionLink("","","")%> blah';

and in the corresponding view I have tried

Model.Message
@Html.Raw(Model.Message)

to get it to display correctly, with no luck - any ideas?

David Hedlund · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-15 11:54:46Z

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You'd have to create an instance of HtmlHelper in your controller for that, and have your message set to

viewModel.Message = "blah blah" + htmlHelper.ActionLink("","","") + " blah";

But do you really want your controller to be concerned with things like rendering HTML links? If you cannot delegate the task to the View entirely, how about just setting a Url property? You are able to access Url.Action("","") from your controller.

answered Nov 15, 2011 at 11:54

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user974685 Over a year ago

Thank you! Yes, I would not do this - just one small bit of the website we're maintaining does it, so I'm leaving it like that for now.

ipr101 · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-15 11:55:14Z

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Could you just call ActionLink in the controller and add the result top your string -

viewModel.Message = "blah blah " + Html.ActionLink("","","") + " blah";

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