ChildActionExtensions.Action Method (HtmlHelper, String)

Invokes the specified child action method and returns the result as an HTML string.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function Action ( _
    htmlHelper As HtmlHelper, _
    actionName As String _
) As MvcHtmlString
public static MvcHtmlString Action(
    this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
    string actionName
)
[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static MvcHtmlString^ Action(
    HtmlHelper^ htmlHelper, 
    String^ actionName
)

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString
The child action result as an HTML string.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type HtmlHelper. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

The htmlHelper parameter is null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

The actionName parameter is null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or empty.

InvalidOperationException

The required virtual path data cannot be found.

Examples

The following example shows how to call the Action helper method in markup and how to pass to it the name of the action method that renders the child view.

<%= Html.Action("ChildList") %>

See Also

Reference

ChildActionExtensions Class

Action Overload

System.Web.Mvc.Html Namespace