Generate hyperlink in ASP.NET MVC 2 controller?

I've been scouring the web for a way to do this.

I want to generate a hyperlink to an action from my controller and put it in a string. I need to be able to define the label and give it html attributes. I can get Url.Action(...) working but that method doesn't let me define the label on the link.

HtmlHelper.GenerateLink(...) looks promising开发者_运维知识库 but I can't find any concrete examples on how to use it.

The link should look something like this:

<a href="/Application/Form?action=view&id=11">View</a>

Add this property to your base controller:

    protected HtmlHelper Html
    {
        get
        {
            var viewContext = new ViewContext( ControllerContext, new WebFormView( Request.CurrentExecutionFilePath ),
                new ViewDataDictionary(), new TempDataDictionary(), Response.Output )
            {
                RouteData = ControllerContext.RouteData
            };

            return new HtmlHelper( viewContext, new ViewPage() );
        }
    }

and then call it from anywhere:

var link = Html.ActionLink( "Click Me", "action" );

try this

string str = string.Concat("<a href=\"",ControllernameinVar,"/",ActionNameinVar,"?action=",view,"&id=",variable">View</a>"

and then pass this in ViewData and call it in view

<%= str%>

there are a few ways to do this - here are 2:

<a href="@Url.Action("actionName", "controllerName")">Link name here</a>

Html.ActionLink(article.Title, 
            "Login",  // <-- Controller Name.
            "Item",   // <-- ActionMethod
            new { id = "<arguments here" }, // <-- Route arguments.
            null  // <-- htmlArguments .. which are none. You need this value
                  //     otherwise you call the WRONG method ...
                  //     (refer to comments, below).
            )

there are other overloads of each available

Perhaps a little more information on why you would want to do this would be a little more helpful. If you return a string that contains HTML it will by default be HTML encoded and rendered useless on the client. If you have a custom view where this will be rendered why not build the link there using @Html.ActionLink?

I guess I am trying to figure out the benefit of doing it in the controller rather than the view...