Question

How can I attach an existing View to an Action?
I mean, I’ve already attached this very View to an Action, but what I want is to attach to a second Action.

Example:
I’ve an Action named Index and a View, same name, attached to it, right click, add view…, but now, how to attach to a second one? Suppose an Action called Index2, how to achieve this?

Here’s the code:

//this Action has Index View attached
public ActionResult Index(int? EntryId)
{
   Entry entry = Entry.GetNext(EntryId);

   return View(entry);
}

//I want this view Attached to the Index view...
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Rewind(Entry entry)//...so the model will not be null
{
   //Code here

   return View(entry);
}

I googled it and cant find an proper answer…
It’s possible?

Answer 1

you cannot “attach” actions to views but you can define what view you want be returned by an action method by using Controller.View Method

public ActionResult MyView() {
    return View(); //this will return MyView.cshtml
}
public ActionResult TestJsonContent() {
    return View("anotherView");
}

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460331%28v=vs.98%29.aspx