RewritePath instead of return view in MVC

Question

Is there a way to rewrite the path displaying a different view instead of RedirectToAction or Redirect? I don't want the url to change, but notice the regular RewritePath cannot be "returned", so the action actually keeps going after it!

public ActionResult Register(){
    if (somehting){
        HttpContext.RewritePath(url);
        // I want it to stop here, somehow, but it keeps going and expects a return statement
    }
    return View();
}

Update: I just noticed when I use the one circulating in stackoverflow (with ProcessRequest) if I run F5 it works, but when I access directly it gives me the "'HttpContext.SetSessionStateBehavior' can only be invoked before 'HttpApplication.AcquireRequestState' event is raised." which means im missing something in IIS setup, what is it? :s

[Update] To be clear on this, I need to rewrite a "url" not an action or view name, it must be a url, like good old RewritePath(url)

juke like the error handler in MVC works, it rewrites to error page — Ayyash, Jun 02 '12 at 10:19
noone got the answer, and i still dont know how to rewrite a path on MVC, it was so damn easy in ASP.NET! im pretty sure it has to do with the order of objects built in MVC, first the route is called, then the controller, then something that makes the response flush, disallowing rewrite path from taking effect... still, there must be a way — Ayyash, Jun 06 '12 at 07:19
what am i gonna do with this question? there are no answers, should i delete? — Ayyash, Jun 18 '12 at 05:03

B. Bilgin · Answer 1 · 2012-05-26T14:59:20.593

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For only action redirect:

Use sample return RedirectToAction("Action","Controller",new {id=1});

For Url redirect:

Can use return Redirect(URL);

also expression after HttpContext.RewritePath(url); use response.end();

edited May 26 '12 at 14:59

answered May 26 '12 at 14:38

B. Bilgin

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the redirection schemes change urls, i dont want that, and i did try response.end, the response seriously ended but it did not redirect to anything, am i missing something? – Ayyash May 27 '12 at 09:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '12 at 09:33

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This is what I finally did, inspired by Stephen's answer to create a method that handles the returned views:

First the global method (here its named Timeout in Home controller) under HomeController.cs:

public ActionResult TimeOut(){
    return View("TimeOut"); // the string is essential
}

else where:

if (soemthing){
    return new HomeController().TimeOut(); }

any objections? wrong doings?

answered May 31 '12 at 09:33

Ayyash

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PS. the TimeOut string refers to a Timeout page under the new controller folder, not in Home controller folder, bummer! – Ayyash May 31 '12 at 09:39
this is the closest I could get to mimic a simple rewrite rule – Ayyash Sep 27 '12 at 07:32

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 30 '12 at 06:46

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Return a different view with a different model and the url won't change.

like this let's say you have a view called Hello.cshtml.

return View('Hello',Model);

So you return a different View than the action, the url stay the same, the view change for the user.

answered May 30 '12 at 06:46

Kuqd

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I want to rewrite a url, because i simply keep a lookup table of what each url points to, I cant use explicit view names – Ayyash May 31 '12 at 09:12
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You are not clear, tell us more about what you want to achieve. – Kuqd May 31 '12 at 13:38
Cyril, return View does not work across different controllers – Ayyash Jun 06 '12 at 14:18
then your solution is good. It mean what I mean but cross controller. – Kuqd Jun 06 '12 at 15:55
no actually it did the same, it returned a View of the current action not of HomeController TimeOut – Ayyash Jun 07 '12 at 07:03

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 30 '12 at 17:24

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In addition to Cyril's answer, you could directly call another Controller method and return the result of that method. Let's say you have a method as follows that returns what you want to return.

    public ActionResult SpecialRegistration()
    {
       //TODO:  implement logic that does stuff
       return View();  // Shows the View named SpecialRegistration
    }

Now in your regular Register method you can just call it

    public ActionResult Register(){
        if (something){
            return SpecialRegistration();
        }
   }

answered May 30 '12 at 17:24

stephen.vakil

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that means they must be in the same controller, too restrictive – Ayyash May 31 '12 at 09:11
i just tried this, oddly enough, calling SpecialRegistration returns Register View as it is (register.cshtml), makes sense? – Ayyash May 31 '12 at 09:24
Inspired by this answer, I found out how to go around it but it isnt as clean as I wished it to be... see answer – Ayyash May 31 '12 at 09:28

RewritePath instead of return view in MVC

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