Question

i want to partialrender some control for example.
her my code:

<script type="text/javascript">

        $("#datetime").datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd.mm.yy', onSelect: function (dateText, inst) {
            $.ajax({
                type: 'POST',
                data:
                {
                    datetime: dateText
                },
                url: '<%= VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/ExcelToHtml") %>',
                async: true,
                success: function (response) { $('#report').html(response) }
            });
        }
        });
</script>
<div id="report">   
</div>

here server code:

public PartialViewResult ExcelToHtml(DateTime datetime) {
        ViewData["datetime"] = datetime;
        return PartialView("ExcelToHtml");
    }

now, i want to see my date, in div(id=report), but i dont see it.
thats just example, can not understand where am i wrong?

and the control ExcelToHtml.ascx:

<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>

<% ViewData["datetime"].ToString(); %>

Answer 1

Firstly, I just wanted to point out that you don’t need to specify the view name when it is the same as the action name…

public PartialViewResult ExcelToHtml(DateTime datetime) {
    ViewData["datetime"] = datetime;
    return PartialView();
}

Secondly, to check your mechanism works, just put a placeholder on the partial view with nothing else…

<p>Hello World</p>

I think that it is likely that you will see “Hello World” loaded into the div.

This leads onto the next point – can you share the code for the view – as I think the error is most likely to be in there.