Attach common properties to all views in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I've implemented authorizationfilter to check if user access to the view. Along with that there is readonly attribute that needs to be attached to the view in the application.

Is context.Items only way to store the readonly property in authorization filter to retrieve it in controller.

OK, I'm confused. You want to access it in the view or the controller? — Jeremy Holovacs, Apr 09 '13 at 15:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 15:52

To access a property in all views, you can inherit from a WebViewPage and reference that in the view web.config.

To access a property in all controllers, build a base controller with the logic you want and inherit the base in all your application controllers.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '13 at 15:48

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If you are using at least MVC3, then you can use ViewBag:

filterContext.Controller.ViewBag.MyVariable = "some data";

answered Apr 09 '13 at 15:48

Zbigniew

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can he use filterContext.Controller.ViewData["MyVariable"] = "data"; for mvc2? – adt Apr 09 '13 at 15:49
Nope, `ViewBag` was added in MVC3. – Zbigniew Apr 09 '13 at 15:50
I thought ViewBag is just a dynamic wrapper around ViewData. Thanks – adt Apr 09 '13 at 15:50
I'm not sure wheter `ViewBag` is *just* a dynamic wrapper around `ViewData`, but it could be used for the same purpose. – Zbigniew Apr 09 '13 at 15:51
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4705426/whats-the-difference-between-viewdata-and-viewbag – adt Apr 09 '13 at 15:53

Attach common properties to all views in ASP.NET MVC

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