Html.RenderPartial call from masterpage
How about creating an HtmlHelper extension method that allows you to call a partial view result on the an action on the controller.
Something like
public static void RenderPartialAction<TController>(this HtmlHelper helper, Func<TController, PartialViewResult> actionToRender) where TController : Controller, new(){ var arg = new TController {ControllerContext = helper.ViewContext.Controller.ControllerContext}; actionToRender(arg).ExecuteResult(arg.ControllerContext);} you could then use this in your master page like
<% Html.RenderPartialAction((HomeController x) => x.RenderPartial()) %>and in your controller the appropriate method
public PartialViewResult RenderPartial(){ return PartialView("~/Path/or/View",_homeService.GetModel())}Well that is my 2 cents anyway
I had a similar post and came up with an object model to handle it.
I HATE the non-strongly typed views so went with this approach and it is working well.
I think that your solution may lie in the land of MVC 2.0 RC and beyond...
Phil Haack posted an article on his blog: http://haacked.com/archive/2009/11/18/aspnetmvc2-render-action.aspx