Net mvc render a partial view as a string for a pdf. When modelstate isnt valid, the same viewresult is returned as for a get request. A simple pdf actionresult in mvc posted on november 19, 2012 by cprakash recently, i needed an actionresult implementation to return the pdf documents from my controller action to mvc views and it tooks few minutes to build the functionality on the existing fileresult. Net mvc 5 because the contentresult is a data type whose base data type is actionresult, hence you have to understand action result. And viewresult is an implementation for this abstract class. Net core ecosystem and how iactionresult has helped, is that iactionresult is an interface, and the platform is the one. Difference between viewresult and actionresult stick2basic.
There are multiple ways of doing this on client side but users may be seeing only a part of the data on the client. Im even more curious though about what kind of adoption we are going to start seeing out of the gate, especially being that companies have invested so much money in developers. Net mvc controller, action method and actionresult in this article i am going to explain about asp. The code about will cause a pdfresult class to be instantiated which will attempt to find a view named pdftest. Action will mainly have return type actionresult and it will be invoked from. In mvc controls there are different type of action result we use as a return type from a controller action method in which viewresult, actionresult and jsonresult are commonly used. Actionresult is an abstract parent class from which viewresult class has been derived. The code here is based primarily on the code in mvc itself, specifically the actionresult and viewresult classes.
So you have hit this blog note because you are confused about the difference between viewresult and actionresult and i hope that your confusion ends here. Actionresult is base type while viewresult is subtype of actionresult. Net mvc and razor to generate pdf files dave glick. Im even more curious though about what kind of adoption we are going to start seeing out of the gate, especially being that companies have invested so. On the whole, this was pretty easy, i quickly got the embedded file to display in ie, opera and firefox just using the standard file actionresult method. This article will explain to you different types of actionresult in mvc with example. Nov 19, 2012 a simple pdf actionresult in mvc posted on november 19, 2012 by cprakash recently, i needed an actionresult implementation to return the pdf documents from my controller action to mvc views and it tooks few minutes to build the functionality on the existing fileresult.
Most of the time we return a view as actionresult to navigate. Contentresult return type is used for returning content i. Many times we end up writing two controller actions one to return view and the other to. Net mvc controller, its action method and action result. What is best to return actionresult or partialviewresult when you have a partialview jul 02, 2014 05. Net mvc action results and pdf content simple talk. So without wasting time lets get the difference in one sentence. Usually these reports are embedded into html page and used along with devexpressreportviewer. Jun 17, 2010 output xml using strongly typed views in asp.
Dec 15, 2016 difference between viewresult and actionresult in asp net mvcmay be you like this our channel. Net, class, stream, action method, and asynchronous. The only difference is that with the actionresult one, your controller isnt promising to return a view you could change the method body to conditionally return. Partial views can also be returned directly from controller methods. The problem is that from a single controller action we cant return both data as well as views. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Want to serve a pdf file with dynamicallygenerated content. Nov 01, 2014 so you have hit this blog note because you are confused about the difference between viewresult and actionresult and i hope that your confusion ends here.
Net mvc output xml using strongly typed views in asp. And how to create and use controller in mvc application. Arguably the simplest kind of action result that is defined by asp. Controller class is responsible for handling incoming request, process. In mvc, this works in the action methods formcollection. Viewresult renders a specifed view to the response stream actionresult is an abstract class that can have several subtypes. Actionresult is a general result type that can have several subtypes. String, xml string, etc from controller to view in asp. Users may want to get an extract of the data in some form that they can use. Net mvc in a recent project i needed to display a generated pdf contract document inside the browser.
Net mvc embedded pdf file always downloads and shows a. I found a great article by patrick kalkman illustrating how to create a custom actionresult that converts a html string into a pdf using the itextsharp library. Difference between viewresult and actionresult in mvc. Mvc difference between viewresult and actionresult what is the difference between using viewresult and actionresult in asp. The controller class is inherited from controllerbase. A controller unit test avoids scenarios such as filters, routing, and model binding. It will be given an int array as its model and then rendered by the razor view engine. This is a dnx vnext implementation of mvcrazortopdf by andyhutch77.
Difference between viewresult and actionresult in asp net mvcmay be you like this our channel. What is the difference between viewresult and actionresult. Jan 08, 2009 i dont know about most of you out there, but i know that i am extremely excited about the impending release of asp. Net mvc render a partial view as a string for a pdf generation. Testing mvc view names with callermembername nik codes. In this article we will learn what are the available action results and which one we need to use in which case. How to stream a fileresult from one web server to another. The other day i had to create a controller method to return a pdf file for the browsers embedded viewer to display. Simply use return type as pdfactionresult in the controller will output pdf document instead of html. In most of the mvc applications we have controllers that return both data and views. From reports to scan sheets, the need to generate pdf files has been present in every lineofbusiness application ive ever worked on. Embedding arbitrary language glyphs in pdf with itextsharp.
Net mvc actionresult and viewresult both are mainly a return type for controller action method. May 09, 2014 public virtual actionresult pdftest return pdfnew int 1, 2, 3. So without wasting time, lets get the difference in one sentence. Net mvc controller, action method and actionresult. Viewresult is derived from actionresult abstract class. The actionresult are defined into the controller and controller returns to the. When defining an action method in control, there is possible two signature. What is best to return actionresult or partialviewresult. Apr 29, 20 actionresult is an abstract class that can have several subtypes. One of my clients has an application which generates a pdf using itextsharp. Net core demystified series, we will discuss and demo a whole bunch of. The action method responsible for returning the xml document has a return type of actionresult and calls the view helper method passing the name of the view and the entity that would be exported. So when you see mvc controller and action codes as shown below. Part 78 different types of actionresult in asp net mvc duration.
Generates pdf documents from your razor views within an 5 mvc project. Dec 16, 2016 here mudassar ahmed khan has explained with an example, how to use contentresult in asp. Whats the difference between actionresult and viewresult. One is actionresult and another one is executeresult. Difference between viewresult and actionresult in asp net mvc. I have a view that really only provides content, is there a quick way to test. Finally, the last line of code checks whether or not the view returned by the details action is the details view. Net mvc interview question which making circles around actionresult is an abstract class while viewresult derives from actionresult class. For example, the viewresult return the html response. Testing mvc view names with callermembername weve all written asp. The typical way web apps work with a form post is that the forms keyvalue pairs are iterated through and processed. Many times we end up writing two controller actions one to return view and the other to return data in either json or xml format for ajax calls.
However, lately i have been asked to open a report as a pdf file, without putting a viewer. Actionresult is a base class for viewresult in mvc framework, it uses actionresult class to reference the object our. I have a view that really only provides content, is there a quick way to test that it exists. From your description, i know that you encounter some issue when returning pdf as actionresult. Actionresult is an abstract class, and its base class for viewresult class. For better help, i would like to suggest you to post directly in asp. How to stream a fileresult from one web server to another with asp. In controller i have specified the below code with actionresult which is a base class that can have 11 subtypes in mvc like. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Net core demystified series, we will discuss and demo a whole bunch of classes which implement the iactionresult interface and inherit from the corresponding actionresult class. Returning data and view from a single controller action. I show you how to use the handleunknownaction method to handle every request against a controller automatically. Usually these reports are embedded into html page and.
The document largely contains english text in the latin character set but a portion of the pdf is supposed to contain contact information in a foreign language. Let we start discussion about types of actionresult in one by one viewresult. Dec 02, 2012 enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Whats the difference between actionresult and viewresult for action method. I am working on a cool reporting mvc app using highcharts and. Viewresult and actionresult in mvcactionresult is an abstract or base class. Net mvc controller actions that simply return a view. Its also fairly common to test those actions to ensure that the proper view is being returned. Net mvc provides a simple and versatile means of returning different types of response to the browser.
Introduction in the company im currently working for, it is a common practice to use devexpress xtrareports to create all kind of reports. Net mvc june 17, 2010 nikolay raykov leave a comment go to comments recently i had to create an export to xml functionality in an asp. Oct 31, 2014 so you have hit this blog note because you are confused about the difference between viewresult and actionresult and i hope that your confusion ends here. Here, in this article we will learn about differences between them. To understand this, you have to understand the data types in asp. What is the difference between viewresult and actionresult in. Net mvc render a partial view as a string for a pdf generation tool generally in mvc you want to render views using a view engine with a standard action result response that lets mvc deal with the view engine. Actionresult is a general result type that can have several subtypes from asp. Theres really not much to unit test if you have a page that has only html in a mvc modelviewcontroller project.
The following is the syntax to define the viewresult in mvc controller. Net mvc custom model binder safe updates for unspecified fields. A partial view is a chunk of html that can be safely inserted into an existing dom. What is the difference between actionresult and viewresult in mvc by shiv prasad koirala in asp. I would avoid it like the plague and return some form of actionresult. The problem with the first snippet is your controller is accessing the request object and breaking away from mvc conventions. In this code sample we will be using the pdf rasterizer package in a. Recently, i needed an actionresult implementation to return the pdf documents from my controller action to mvc views and it tooks few minutes to build the functionality on the existing fileresult.
I dont know about most of you out there, but i know that i am extremely excited about the impending release of asp. I decided to make it easy and derive pdfactionresult from viewresult. Net mvc mvc has a lot of great built in tooling, including the ability to stream very large file results straight from disk without having to load the whole file stream into memory. Actionresult subtypes viewresult renders a specifed view to the response stream partialviewresult renders a specifed partial view to the response stream emptyresult an empty response. Types of action result the diagram shown below describes about abstract class of action result.
Toggle issue i like that you can download the pdf of these. In this code sample we will be using the pdf rasterizer package in a mvc context to render specific pdf pages in a browser. So really these two code snippets do the exact same thing. Viewresult, partialviewresult, emptyresult, redirectresult, redirecttorouteresult, jsonresult, javascriptresult, contentresult, filecontentresult, filestreamresult, filepathresult. Returning a crystal report as a pdf actionresult in asp. Nov 20, 20 from your description, i know that you encounter some issue when returning pdf as actionresult.
These classes are used as responses from controller actions, and include redirecting to another site, redirecting to a different. While these kinds of tools work well enough for generating reports straight from the database, its been surprising how few resources. Net mvc published 20150505 updated 20151216 this article shows how to implement a postprocessor for an asp. When you set actions return type actionresult, you can return any. Net mvc, a partial view is analogous to user controls in asp. Net mvc render a partial view as a string for a pdf generation tool. Mar 10, 2014 difference between actionresult and viewresult slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising.
Dino shows you how simple this can be using a tailormade actionresult class. Here mudassar ahmed khan has explained with an example, how to use contentresult in asp. In the past, ive used a variety of tools to achieve this such as sql server reporting services or telerik reporting. Sometimes you may need to render a certain view as string, for example when you want to send an email where usually the body is pure html. Recently lots of interview questions are asked around asp. Actionresult is an abstract class that can have several subtypes. Difference between viewresult and actionresult in asp net.
Unit testing a very simple viewresult in mvc karlz. In the company im currently working for, it is a common practice to use devexpress xtrareports to create all kind of reports. What is the difference between using viewresult and actionresult in asp. Most commonly, partial views are used to componentize razor views and make them easier to build and update. What is difference between actionresult and iactionresult. In mvc framework, it uses actionresult class to reference the object your action method returns. Mvc difference between viewresult and actionresult. Optionally we can also pass the view name and the other parameters in the view method.
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