Question

I want to generate a static HTML page by RAZOR, basically by using includes of partial sub pages.

1. I have tried T4 as well and do look for an alternative: see here and here
2. This answer says it is possible – but no concrete example
3. I have installed Razor generator because I thought this is the way to go, but I do not get how to generate static HTML with this.

Best would be a complete extension which behaves like the T4 concept, but allows me to use the RAZOR syntax and HTML formatting (the formatting issue is basically the reasons why I am not using T4).

Answer 1

If you are trying to take a Razor view and compile it and generate the HTML then you can use something like this.

public static string RenderViewToString(string viewPath, object model, ControllerContext context)
{
    var viewEngineResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindView(context, viewPath, null);
    var view = viewEngineResult.View;


    context.Controller.ViewData.Model = model;

    string result = String.Empty;
    using (var sw = new StringWriter())
    {

        var ctx = new ViewContext(context, view,
                                  context.Controller.ViewData,
                                  context.Controller.TempData,
                                  sw);
        view.Render(ctx, sw);

        result = sw.ToString();
    }

    return result;
}

Or outside of ControllerContext http://razorengine.codeplex.com/