ASP.NET Controller instance from View is null

Question

When I try to get HomeController from View, it's always null, why ? Is it because I use CodeBehind (see my full source code Why my button click handler in codebehind is not called? )

public partial class Index : System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<dynamic>
    {


        HomeController HomeController;



        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            HomeController = (HomeController)HttpContext.Current.Request.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["HomeController"];

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-02 21:27:25Z

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You could get the current controller from the ViewContext. It has a Controller property:

var currentController = ViewContext.Controller;

and if you know for sure that it's gonna be HomeController you could cast it:

var homeController = (HomeController)ViewContext.Controller;

This being said, I am not sure what exactly are you trying to achieve and why on Earth does your view has code behind, but this stinks from very far.

answered Dec 2, 2013 at 21:27

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2 Comments

Ahmed ilyas Over a year ago

Totally agreed here with @DarinDimitrov. It makes no sense what you are trying to do. This is not MVC and is webforms but also webforms don't have a concept of a controller. why are you trying to reinvent the wheel or make something so complicated and difficult to maintain and follow through?

user310291 Over a year ago

@DarinDimitrov I'm just trying to understand all the internals of ASP.NET MVC at the moment.

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