Creating Snippets of ViewPage ServerSide Code

Question

Hi again,
I am working on an ASP.NET MVC Project and I have a number of node snippets that I need to insert into multiple pages. I would very much like to know whether or not it is possible to have a snippet of code that can be placed in an external file and called from within a ViewPage. In a way this would be similar to calling a class from a class.cs file.

Here is an example snippet of code:

<% Amazon.ECS.Model.Cart leftCart = ViewData["leftCart"] as Amazon.ECS.Model.Cart %>
<strong>Total: </strong>
<%= leftCart.SubTotal.FormattedPrice%><br />
<strong>Items: </strong>
<%= leftCart.CartItems.CartItem.Count%>
<center>
<a href="<%= leftCart.PurchaseURL %>">
<img style="float: right; margin-top: 20px;" src="/../../Content/Images/checkout.gif"
/></a></center>

Is it possible?
Thanks Again! The_Lorax

Answer 1

You can use view user controls. They are essentially ascx files and behave roughly the same as their Web forms counterparts. The primary difference is that they inherit from System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl instead of System.Web.UI.UserControl.

You can either embed them using <% @Register %> tags and <prefix:Name runat="server" /> or using Html.RenderPartial method.