ASP.Net MVC UserControl in View with different controller?

Question

Hi All,

I am trying to create a usercontrol that is an extremely simple form. This usercontrol will appear in a number of different views in my app. I am thoroughly confused on how this can be accomplished.

I have created a controller, and then created a usercontrol that uses that controller.

I then created another controller and created a view for an index of that controller. Inside this view i added my usercontrol reference:

<% Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/UserControlController/Create.ascx"); %>

When i attempt to navigate to the view i can see that the actionresult method for the usercontrol in UserControlController is never called.. What am i missing?? thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Ok, I see your problem. Dont Render partial, you want render action. Whats the difference? Render Partial should read RenderPartialView, not RenderPartialAction. If you want to execute the action, you need Html.RenderAction.