Use a legacy ASP.NET ASCX User Control in MVC Razor view

Question

I am trying to implement a MVC Razor _Layout.cshtml page that uses a WebForm ascx User Control (non-MVC). I am doing this based off the \"Yes\" section of this Scott Hansleman a

Answer 1

You cannot use classic ASP.Net usercontrols (w/ postbacks and ViewState) in ASP.Net MVC.

Html.Partial only allows you to render partial views, which happen to use the same extension, but are not the same.