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Hello,

Consider I have a view named Contact.

When should I use a component (Html.RenderAction) or a partial view
(Html.RenderPartial) to add a "block" to it?

I have been using components and they have their own ViewData ...

But isn't true that I can also include that ViewData into Contact
ViewData and then pass it to the Partial View using
Html.RenderPartial?

So isn't the same?

I am just trying to set some rules of how to decide when develop a new
Html.Helper, use an Html.RenderAction or use an Html.RenderPartial in
my projects ...

Any help is welcome.

Thanks,

Miguel

its the same decision when choosing between coding a usercontrol (*.asc) and
a real webcontrol (*.cs).

the more you want to package and reuse the code, it the stonger the arg to
use an action rather than loading a usercontrol.


-- bruce (sqlwork.com)


"shapper" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Consider I have a view named Contact.
>
> When should I use a component (Html.RenderAction) or a partial view
> (Html.RenderPartial) to add a "block" to it?
>
> I have been using components and they have their own ViewData ...
>
> But isn't true that I can also include that ViewData into Contact
> ViewData and then pass it to the Partial View using
> Html.RenderPartial?
>
> So isn't the same?
>
> I am just trying to set some rules of how to decide when develop a new
> Html.Helper, use an Html.RenderAction or use an Html.RenderPartial in
> my projects ...
>
> Any help is welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Miguel
>