Question

Right now I’m rewriting some code, but I also want to use existing code as a placeholder. I have a “Reference” controller that houses all of the new code and a “References” controller that houses the old code.

All I want to do is simply return a PartialViewResult from my old References controller from my Reference controller. I tried doing this:

public PartialViewResult ResolveView(int type)
{
    //Other code
    if (type == (int)ReferenceType.Participant) return ParticipantView();

    //return default partial view
    ...
}

//Called from ResolveView
private PartialViewResult ParticipantView()
{
    return RedirectToAction("ParticipantsView", "References");
}

Here’s what I have for my old controller method:

public PartialViewResult ParticipantsView()
{
    var viewmodel = new ParticipantCreateViewModel
                            {
                                Participant = new ParticipantViewModel(),
                                Person = new ParticipantPersonViewModel(),
                                Types = ReferenceService.GetData<ParticipantType>(),
                            };
    return PartialView("_ParticipantsView");
}

I’m currently getting an error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Web.Mvc.RedirectToRouteResult' to 'System.Web.Mvc.PartialViewResult'

What do I need to do to get it to return my PartialViewResult from my other controller?

Answer 1

Change the method signature to return ActionResult

private ActionResult ParticipantsView()
{
 return RedirectToAction("ParticipantsView", "References");
}