ActionLink and RountLink

In Global.asax file:

    routes.MapRoute(
        “UpcomingDinners”, // rount name
        “Dinners/Page/{page}”, 
        new { controller = “Dinners”, action = “Index” }
    );
    routes.MapRoute(
        “Default”,                                        // Route name
        “{controller}/{action}/{id}”,                     // URL with params
        new { controller=”Home”, action=”Index”, 
             id=UrlParameter.Optional }  // Param defaults
    );

 

 

1. ActionLink uses the default route ( “{controller}/{action}/{id}”, ), therefore:

<%: Html.ActionLink(dinner.Title, “Details”, new { id=dinner.DinnerID }) %>  // the first parameter is the innerHTML of the <a></a> tag

the action will be Detail , and then will generate the html like this:

<a href=”/Dinners/Details/1”>.NET Futures</a>　　

note, the view is "Dinner.ascx" so it will automatically get the corresponding controller, which is "Dinner"

2. RouteLink uses the specific route:

  <%: Html.RouteLink(“>>>”,   “UpcomingDinners”,   new { page = (Model.PageIndex + 1) })%>

as we can see the route of UpcomingDinners is  "Dinners/Page/{page}”, therefore, it will route to Dinner controller's Page method