UrlHelper.Action Method (String, String, RouteValueDictionary)

Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method by using the specified action name, controller name, and route values.

Namespace:  System.Web.Mvc
Assembly:  System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

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member Action : 
        actionName:string * 
        controllerName:string * 
        routeValues:RouteValueDictionary -> string

Parameters

actionName
Type: System.String

The name of the action method.

controllerName
Type: System.String

The name of the controller.

routeValues
Type: System.Web.Routing.RouteValueDictionary

An object that contains the parameters for a route.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The fully qualified URL to an action method.

The URL that is returned by this method has a format like the following:

\Home\About

If special characters in the URL must be encoded, use the Encode method. For the previous example, the Encode method returns the following URL:

%2fHome%2fAbout

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