static string RenderViewToString(ControllerContext context,
string viewPath,
object model = null,
bool partial = false)
{
// first find the ViewEngine for this view
ViewEngineResult viewEngineResult = null;
if (partial)
viewEngineResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView( context, viewPath);
else
viewEngineResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindView(context, viewPath, null);
if (viewEngineResult == null)
throw new FileNotFoundException("View cannot be found.");
// get the view and attach the model to view data
var view = viewEngineResult.View;
context.Controller.ViewData.Model = model;
string result = null;
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;
}