RenderAction needs to behave different depending on containing page
I use RenderAction to render a partial that is used all over my site.
It is a partial where the user can search for an entity. It depends on the Controller / Action that rendered the parent main view what is done once the entity is found.
Lets say I have the controllers:
HireController, FireController with Action ActOnPerson and
PeopleController with Action FindPerson which renders the partial FindPerson
The Views are Hire/SearchPerson.aspx and Fire/SearchPerson.aspx
Each View contains the helper:
<%Html.RenderAction("FindPerson ", "People"); %>
The form that posts to HireController/FireController is contained in the partial. It needs to be this way, because there are actually a couple of steps (form posts) involved in finding a person.
Is there a way to decide inside the partial FindPerson if the form needs to be posted to FireController or HireController? I guess I am looking for something like public properties of WebControls but for RenderAction.
Just add parameter ("PostTo" or "Next") to People.FindPerson Action:
<% Html.RenderAction("FindPerson ", "People", new { next = Url.Action("ActOnPerson", "HireController") }); %>
<!-- or -->
<% Html.RenderAction("FindPerson ", "People", new { nextaction = "ActOnPerson", nextcontroller = "HireController" }); %>
In FindPerson PartialView:
<form method="post" action="<%= ViewData["next"].ToString() %>">
<!-- or -->
<% using (Html.BeginForm(
ViewData["nextaction"].ToString(), ViewData["nextcontroller"].ToString() ) { %>