Html.ActionLink cannot be used in global Razor helper

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I've created a global .cshtml Razor file in the App_Code folder of my MVC project to declare @helper functions. The problem is I can't use Html.ActionLink (or the other extensions) in the helper functions. I have tried to import the classes via a @using but that didn't work. Any ideas?

see this question - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4710853/using-mvc-htmlhelper-extensions-from-razor-declarative-views — Graham Clark, Oct 18 '11 at 13:54

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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You could add the following line to your helper, to define Html

  var Html = ((System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage)WebPageContext.Current.Page).Html;

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered Oct 18 '11 at 13:56

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Thanks, too bad there isn't a nicer solution :) – Marthijn Oct 20 '11 at 09:41

score 2 · Answer 2 · 2016-10-13T13:42:35.527

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Further to the accepted answer, to make @Html available throughout the helper file:

@using System.Web.Mvc.Html 

...

@functions {

    protected static new System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper Html
    {
        get
        {
            return ((System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage)WebPageContext.Current.Page).Html;    
        }
   }
}

edited Oct 13 '16 at 13:42

answered Oct 11 '16 at 13:40

Html.ActionLink cannot be used in global Razor helper

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