asp.net mvc3 return raw html to view
There's no much point in doing that, because View should be generating html, not the controller. But anyways, you could use Controller.Content method, which gives you ability to specify result html, also content-type and encoding
public ActionResult Index()
{
return Content("<html></html>");
}
Or you could use the trick built in asp.net-mvc framework - make the action return string directly. It will deliver string contents into users's browser.
public string Index()
{
return "<html></html>";
}
In fact, for any action result other than ActionResult, framework tries to serialize it into string and write to response.
Simply create a property in your view model of type MvcHtmlString. You won't need to Html.Raw it then either.
Give a try to return bootstrap alert message, this worked for me
return Content("<div class='alert alert-success'><a class='close' data-dismiss='alert'>
×</a><strong style='width:12px'>Thanks!</strong> updated successfully</div>");
Note: Don't forget to add bootstrap css and js in your view page
hope helps someone.