ASP.net MVC, calling a view from different Controller

Question

I have an EmployeeController and ShiftController. In the Index View of EmployeeController I show EmployeeDetails with options of Edit, Delete and GetShifts (this gets all the shifts of that employee - EmpShifts.aspx). In EmpShifts.aspx, I want to give a link to Create New Shift. I want to know how to call Create View of Shifts from EmpShifts.aspx.

Am I having the wrong design structure. Suggestions on that are welcome.

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-20 11:42:21Z

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When generating links you can specify the action and controller they are pointing to:

<%= Html.ActionLink("Create new shift", "create", "shift") %>

Same for HTML forms allowing you to POST:

<% using (Html.BeginForm("create", "shift")) <% { %>
    ...
<% } %>

Your design is correct. It is perfectly normal for having links/forms in some view pointing to other controller actions.

answered May 20, 2011 at 11:42

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Vabs Over a year ago

Thank You for such a quick reply. It works like wonder. I want to know; it is possible also pass data from one view to another. Like if I want to pass EmployeeID from EmpShifts.aspx to CreateNewShift

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

@Vabs, yes it is possible. You could use the routeValues parametrer when generating those links. For example: <%= Html.ActionLink("Create new shift", "create", "shift", new { EmployeeID = "123" }, null) %>.

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