Convert C# to VB.Net - Using MVCContrib Blockrenderer to render a partial view to a string

Answer 1

You could do it manually or try using http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-vb/

EDIT: also your code has

View()

at the end of

Public Function MakeStringForMe()

this should be

Return View()

In response to point 2 the code isn't using the renderPartial sub it is using the RenderPartialToString function.

HTH

OneSHOT

Answer 2

RenderPartialToString needs to return a string, s

Answer 3

This line:

Dim s As String = blockRenderer.Capture(RenderPartialExtensions.RenderPartial(h, UserControl, viewData))

is NOT equivalent to your original line:

string s = blockRenderer.Capture(
         () => RenderPartialExtensions.RenderPartial(h, userControl, viewData)
     );

The C# example is using a lambda, while the VB example is just calling the method directly, which doesn't return a value. The compiler isn't lying to you.

Try this instead:

Dim s = blockRender.Capture(New Action(Of String)(Function() RenderPartialExtensions.RenderPartial(h, UserControl, viewData)))

I took a look at Capture and it's expecting an Action which is just a delegate, and it looks like the compiler can't infer the delegate's signature to wrap the anonymous function. So we'll give it a helping hand and wrap the lambda ourselves.

Answer 4

My favorite converter can be found at this link

The reason it's my favorite is that it can be used "offline"--that is, not at their web page. The converter is exposed as a web service, and there's sample code (in C#) to reference it.

I downloaded their sample code & adapted it to read & write from the file system. Made a conversion a whole lot simpler....

< edit> I know that link doesn't actually go to the converter--it goes to an "about" page, with links from there to the converter page & to the sample code download. Also, I should prob'ly mention that it's a three-cornered converter (VB, C# and Boo), bidirectional between any two languages < /edit>