UrlHelper.Action Method (String, RouteValueDictionary)

Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method for the specified action name and route values.

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

Syntax

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

public string Action(
    string actionName,
    RouteValueDictionary routeValues
)

public:
String^ Action(
    String^ actionName, 
    RouteValueDictionary^ routeValues
)

Parameters

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

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

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