Page not displaying using @Html.RenderAction in MVC4

Question

The problem i have is that when i use @Html.RenderAction or @Html.Action in the Layout and call Action method from Controller page is not displaying at all. But when i use static attributes in layout all works fine.

Layout:

  <li>
   <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-fw"></i> Category<span class="fa arrow">  </span></a>
           <ul class="nav nav-second-level">
                   @{
                     Html.RenderAction("Category","Home");
                    }
           </ul>
   </li>

Action Method:

public ActionResult Category()
    {
        int memberId = WebSecurity.GetUserId(User.Identity.Name);

        return PartialView("_Categories", _db.Query<Category>().ToList().Where(u => u.UserId == memberId));
    }

PartialView:

@model IEnumerable<PasswordCloudApp.Models.Category>

@{ Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml"; }

@foreach (var item in Model)
{
<li>
    @Html.ActionLink(item.Name, "Index", "Entry", new { id = item.Id }, null)
</li>
}

I've tried just with regular view, then with partial view, none of it works. Any suggestion?

Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-13 11:23:22Z

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Just an Idea, Not sure about it

You should remove this line from your partialview @{ Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml"; } Then give a try. Hope this helps

answered Oct 13, 2014 at 11:23

Kumar

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PeterZ Over a year ago

Not working, i've put it there to try with it. I've now copied the layout in the Index View of Home Controller, and it's working, but that's not a solution, the idea is to work from the layout...

Kumar Over a year ago

@PeterZ Please Debug your code line by line. There must be a minor mistake somewhere. Coz the code looks right

PeterZ Over a year ago

I am right now. I am trying now with Html.RenderPartial("_Categories") insted if RenderAction and it gives me Object reference not set to an instance of an object error on @foreach (var item in Model). So i suppose that the error comes from Action Method, but i cannot resolve it.

Kumar Over a year ago

When u use RenderPartial You have to pass the model to it. So Pass the Model Such as @Html.RenderPartail("_Categories", ViewBag.List as List<Category>)

PeterZ Over a year ago

I've found a solution. Delete the current Layout, then created new one, copied everything from the old, and everything is working fine. Why the old layout is causing problems, don't know. Thanks for your help.

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Amit · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-13 11:55:20Z

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As per my understanding please return the full path of view for example ~/Views/Shared/_Categories.cshtml" instead of _Categories. If you want layout then use same code else use as

@{ Layout = null; }

Remove Layout and use as below:

@Html.Action("Category","Home")

edited Oct 13, 2014 at 11:55

answered Oct 13, 2014 at 11:26

Amit

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PeterZ Over a year ago

Not working. I've put the body part from Layout view in the Index view, and the Layout leave it just with RenderBody(), that way it works, but now the layout is empty. Any toughts why in Index is working and on Layout is not?

PeterZ Over a year ago

No error, nothing, page is just not displaying. Just loading and at the end no result, none. Just like when you searchng page that don't exists. This webpage is not available

Amit Over a year ago

Can you see db is returning data or not. If not then it should display none.

PeterZ Over a year ago

db is returning data. And it works very well in Index when i call Html.RenderAction("Category", "Home"), but in Layout when i use RenderAction, don't.

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