Question

How to redirect program flow to a controller action. I would like to simulate MVC’s RedirectToAction(“ActionName”, “ControllerName”, route values) call inside Global.asax.cs. How can I do it?

Answer 1

If you’re using MVC 3, I’d recommend writing your own actionfilter, which you can then apply globally.

A small code example:

public class HandleSessionTimeoutAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    public override void OnActionExecuting(FilterExecutingContext filterContext)
    {
        // Do whatever it is you want to do here.
        // The controller and request contexts, along with a whole lot of other
        // stuff, is available on the filter context.
    }
}

And then in your Global.asax.cs:

protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

    // Register global filter
    GlobalFilters.Filters.Add(new HandleSessionTimeoutAttribute());

    RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}