Obtain View name in Controller, ASP.NET MVC

Question

I am using asp.net mvc. I have 4 pages that show list of events(different type of events) and \"Details\" link on each page leads to \"EventDescription.aspx\" View.

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Answer 1

I suggest you use TempData instead of ViewData. For instance you could have a setting like this.

public ActionResult Details(int id)
{
   var event = repository.GetByID(id);
   if (event != null)
   {
      TempData["ReturnPath"] = Request.UrlReferrer.ToString();
      return View(event);
   }
   else { //....... ; }
}

And in your View you could have a regular ActionLink like so

<% =Html.ActionLink("Back To Events", TempData["ReturnPath"]) %>

If you want to be DRY, you could also create an Action method in your controller just to handle the redirects like so.

public ActionResult GoBack()
{
    return Redirect(TempData["ReturnPath"]);
}

And in your View a normal ActionLink like so

<% =Html.ActionLink("Back To Events", "GoBack") %>