Include javascript from assembly in MVC

Question

Is there any way that I could include a javascript file that is an embedded resource of an assembly in my Views for MVC 3?

I have tried to create an Action that gets the embedded resource from the assembly and then returns a FileStreamResult like so...

 public FileStreamResult Scripts()
 {
    System.Reflection.Assembly myassembly;
    myassembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
    System.IO.Stream file =
       myassembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Testing.testscript.js");
    return File(file, "application/x-javascript");
 }

Then in my master view:

  <script type="text/javascript">

    @Html.RenderAction("Scripts")

  </script>

This doesn't seem too work.

I would rather just be able to get the embedded resource as a link and then use that as my src value for the script. So something like:

<script src="@Html.GetEmbeddedResourceAsLink("Testing.testscript.js")"/>

Anyone know how?

This doesn't seem too work. Why? What error are u getting? — Aliostad
– Aliostad, Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 16:06
Its embeddeding the script inline and the page does not render in IE because of a MIME error. I tried a "text/javascript", "application/x-javascript" and "javascript"... This does work in FF4, but I would rather the script not be inline anyway, but rather a link. — Gabe
– Gabe, Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 16:09

d4nt · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-04 23:05:31Z

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The GetWebResourceUrl might be useful here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.clientscriptmanager.getwebresourceurl.aspx

The example code on that MSDN page is for WebForms but I think the following might work:

string rsname = "MyAssembly.my_script.js";

string url = ((Page)HttpContext.CurrentHandler)
    .ClientScript.GetWebResourceUrl(this.GetType(), rsname);

edited May 4, 2011 at 23:05

answered Apr 21, 2011 at 16:14

d4nt

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Aliostad · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-21 16:13:41Z

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If it is meant to be rendered on the server only, try returning new ContentResult(jsContent).

answered Apr 21, 2011 at 16:13

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