I'm using ASP.NET MVC 4
. I am trying to pass data from one controller to another controller. I'm not getting this right. I'm not sure if this is possible?
Here is my source action method where I want to pass the data from:
public class ServerController : Controller
{
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ApplicationPoolsUpdate(ServiceViewModel viewModel)
{
XDocument updatedResultsDocument = myService.UpdateApplicationPools();
// Redirect to ApplicationPool controller and pass
// updatedResultsDocument to be used in UpdateConfirmation action method
}
}
I need to pass it to this action method in this controller:
public class ApplicationPoolController : Controller
{
public ActionResult UpdateConfirmation(XDocument xDocument)
{
// Will add implementation code
return View();
}
}
I have tried the following in the ApplicationPoolsUpdate
action method but it doesn't work:
return RedirectToAction("UpdateConfirmation", "ApplicationPool", new { xDocument = updatedResultsDocument });
return RedirectToAction("UpdateConfirmation", new { controller = "ApplicationPool", xDocument = updatedResultsDocument });
How would I achieve this?
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Personally I don't like to use TempData, but I prefer to pass a strongly typed object as explained in Passing Information Between Controllers in ASP.Net-MVC.
You should always find a way to make it explicit and expected.
If you need to pass data from one controller to another you must pass data by route values.Because both are different request.if you send data from one page to another then you have to user query string(same as route values).
But you can do one trick :
In your calling action call the called action as a simple method :
public class ServerController : Controller
{
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ApplicationPoolsUpdate(ServiceViewModel viewModel)
{
XDocument updatedResultsDocument = myService.UpdateApplicationPools();
ApplicationPoolController pool=new ApplicationPoolController(); //make an object of ApplicationPoolController class.
return pool.UpdateConfirmation(updatedResultsDocument); // call the ActionMethod you want as a simple method and pass the model as an argument.
// Redirect to ApplicationPool controller and pass
// updatedResultsDocument to be used in UpdateConfirmation action method
}
}
Have you tried using ASP.NET MVC TempData ?
ASP.NET MVC TempData dictionary is used to share data between controller actions. The value of TempData persists until it is read or until the current user’s session times out. Persisting data in TempData is useful in scenarios such as redirection, when values are needed beyond a single request.
The code would be something like this:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ApplicationPoolsUpdate(ServiceViewModel viewModel)
{
XDocument updatedResultsDocument = myService.UpdateApplicationPools();
TempData["doc"] = updatedResultsDocument;
return RedirectToAction("UpdateConfirmation");
}
And in the ApplicationPoolController:
public ActionResult UpdateConfirmation()
{
if (TempData["doc"] != null)
{
XDocument updatedResultsDocument = (XDocument) TempData["doc"];
...
return View();
}
}
I prefer to use this instead of TempData
public class Home1Controller : Controller
{
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult CheckBox(string date)
{
return RedirectToAction("ActionName", "Home2", new { Date =date });
}
}
and another controller Action
is
public class Home2Controller : Controller
{
[HttpPost]
Public ActionResult ActionName(string Date)
{
// do whatever with Date
return View();
}
}
it is too late but i hope to be helpful for any one in the future
Source: Stackoverflow.com