UrlHelper.Action Method (String, String, RouteValueDictionary, String, String)

Generates a fully qualified URL for an action method by using the specified action name, controller name, route values, protocol to use, and host name.

Namespace:  System.Web.Mvc
Assembly:  System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Action ( _
    actionName As String, _
    controllerName As String, _
    routeValues As RouteValueDictionary, _
    protocol As String, _
    hostName As String _
) As String

public string Action(
    string actionName,
    string controllerName,
    RouteValueDictionary routeValues,
    string protocol,
    string hostName
)

public:
String^ Action(
    String^ actionName, 
    String^ controllerName, 
    RouteValueDictionary^ routeValues, 
    String^ protocol, 
    String^ hostName
)

Parameters

• actionName
  Type: System.String
  The name of the action method.

• controllerName
  Type: System.String
  The name of the controller.

• routeValues
  Type: System.Web.Routing.RouteValueDictionary
  An object that contains the parameters for a route.

• protocol
  Type: System.String
  The protocol for the URL, such as "http" or "https".

• hostName
  Type: System.String
  The host name for the URL.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The fully qualified URL to an action method.

Remarks

The URL that is returned by this method has a format like the following:

\Home\About

If special characters in the URL must be encoded, use the Encode method. For the previous example, the Encode method returns the following URL:

%2fHome%2fAbout

See Also

Reference

UrlHelper Class

Action Overload

System.Web.Mvc Namespace