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Load partial from class library

Is there a way to load partial views from a class library?
I would like to pull out the common parts from several websites to make them easier to maintain.

Currently I render my partials with (for example)

<%Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Search/_searchBlock.ascx", ViewData);%>

This is file based, but when creating a class library, the views are compiled. Is there a way to load libraries that are compiled in this library?

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The only way i can think to do this would be with embedded resources and a custom viewengine. Point reflector (or download the MVC soruce) at System.Web.Mvc.Html.RenderPartialExtensions

Andrew Bullock  2009-04-15 10:13:22
Hmm, is there perhaps a more straightforward way to make controls available in multiple sites?
borisCallens  2009-04-15 10:26:04
Im not sure, I'd be interested if there is. It will be a bit of a job to do it my way, you'll need to replace the call to BuildManager.CreateInstanceFromVirtualPath with something that reads the textstream for you file from the assembly resources, compile it into a ViewUserControl. effort basically
Andrew Bullock  2009-04-15 12:39:37
perhaps svn:externals could help you?
Andrew Bullock  2009-04-15 13:09:16
Care to elaborate?
borisCallens  2009-04-15 13:57:34
http://bitworking.org/news/Sourceforge__Subversion_and_svn_externals You could put the shared .ascxs in their own repos and then use svn:externals to reference them from each project
Andrew Bullock  2009-04-15 14:50:48
I fear it's not possible in my current company's setup (don't ask :S ), but it looks like a solution to me. Thx
borisCallens  2009-04-16 05:35:02
@Andrew. This is what I did in the end btw
borisCallens  2010-05-12 09:30:16
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See Phil Haacks new post for an alternative idea

Andrew Bullock  2009-04-23 09:22:45
He, I was reading it whilst you answered. Appreciate you turning back tho this. Although it does look wicked, I fail to see how this could be of much use in my scenario. I think I'm going to have a stab at creating my own method that locates views. That way I could for example add a appKey that says where they are located and all sites would go pick it up from there rather then searching in it's own folder.
borisCallens  2009-04-23 10:04:01
Its the virtualpathprovider business, thats what you need to override/implement to do what you want
Andrew Bullock  2009-04-23 18:38:01
Hmm, seems the rendering is file based untill deep in the engine :S This sucks.
borisCallens  2009-04-27 13:44:26

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