How to implement razor.cshtml file within action

Question

I'd like to implement view.cshtml file within action and then get its result as string, but not returning as ActionResult from action method.
To explain with code, instead of:

public ActionResult Tesst()
        {
            // return ViewResult
            return View();
        }

İt must be so:

public string Test()
        {
            string viewResult = string.Empty;
            // implement "test.cshtml" and get its result as string
            // assign result to viewResult variable
            return viewResult;
        }

Any helps would be appreciated.

Just wondering what are you trying to achieve - there might be a cleaner solution to your problem. — SimonGates, Nov 21 '12 at 14:20
This question looks like it will provide you the answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/483091/render-a-view-as-a-string — Ian Routledge, Nov 21 '12 at 14:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '12 at 14:30

I use something like this to render a view inside my app to a string:

public static string RenderViewToString(System.Web.Mvc.Controller controller,
                                  string viewName, string layout, object model)
{
    controller.ViewData.Model = model;
    using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
    {
        ViewEngineResult viewResult =
                   ViewEngines.Engines.FindView(
                           controller.ControllerContext, viewName, layout);
        ViewContext viewContext = new ViewContext(
                   controller.ControllerContext, 
                   viewResult.View, controller.ViewData, 
                   controller.TempData, sw);
        viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);

        return sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
    }
}

In this way, does all codeside work properly? Such as @{ ... } or @Datetime.Now — Mesut, Nov 21 '12 at 14:43

How to implement razor.cshtml file within action

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