Extension method not working if I set controller property in Action, works in OnExecuting
- by Blankman
I have a class MyController that inherits from Controller, so all my controllers inherit from MyController.
I have a property in MyController:
public class MyController : Controller
{
public string SomeProperty {get;set;}
}
if I set this property in MyController's OnExecuting method, my HtmlHelper extension method works fine:
public static string SomeExtension(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
string result = "";
var controller = htmlHelper.ViewContext.Controller as MyController;
if (controller != null)
{
result = controller.SomeProperty;
}
return result;
}
it doesn't work if I set 'SomeProperty' in my controllers action method.
I guess because I am doing 'as MyController' in the extension method?
is there a way for it to work in both situations?
I am using the value of SomeProperty to be outputted on my view pages.
