In this article I will explain with an example, how to redirect to another Controller’s Action method in ASP.Net MVC.
Note: For beginners in ASP.Net MVC, please refer my article ASP.Net MVC Hello World Tutorial with Sample Program example.
 
 

Model

The Model class consists of following properties.
public class PersonModel
{
    ///<summary>
    /// Gets or sets PersonId.
    ///</summary>
    public int PersonId { get; set; }
 
    ///<summary>
    /// Gets or sets Name.
    ///</summary>
    public string Name { get; set; }
 
    ///<summary>
    /// Gets or sets Gender.
    ///</summary>
    public string Gender { get; set; }
 
    ///<summary>
    /// Gets or sets City.
    ///</summary>
    public string City { get; set; }
}
 
 

Controllers

Controller(Source)

The Controller consists of following Action methods.

Action method for handling GET operation

Inside this Action method, simply the View is returned.
 

Action method for handling POST operation

This Action method handles the Form Submission when the Submit button is clicked which accepts PersonModel class object as parameter.
Note: For details on Form Submission in MVC, please refer my article ASP.Net MVC: Form Submit (Post) example.
 
When the Submit Button is clicked, data from the View is received in the PersonModel class object.
Finally, the PersonModel class object is passed to the RedirectToAction method along with the name of the destination Controller and its Action method.
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    // GET: Home
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
 
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Index(PersonModel person)
    {
        return RedirectToAction("Index", "PersonDetails", person);
    }
}
 

Controller(Destination)

The Controller consists of the following Action method.

Action method for handling GET operation

This Action method accepts the PersonModel class object as parameter.
Inside this Action method, the values from PersonModel class objects are received.
Note: The Model class object values are sent using QueryString parameters in the URL.
          For more details on QueryString parameter in MVC, please refer Using Request.QueryString in ASP.Net MVC.
 
public class PersonDetailsController : Controller
{
    // GET: PersonDetails
    publicActionResult Index(PersonModel person)
    {
        int personId = person.PersonId;
        string name = person.Name;
        string gender = person.Gender;
        string city = person.City;
 
        return View();
    }
}
 
 

Views

View(Source)

HTML Markup

Inside the View, in the very first line the PersonModel class is declared as Model for the View.
The View consists of an HTML Form which has been created using the Html.BeginForm method with the following parameters.
ActionName – Name of the Action. In this case the name is Index.
ControllerName – Name of the Controller. In this case the name is Home.
FormMethod – It specifies the Form Method i.e. GET or POST. In this case it will be set to POST.
The Form consists of three TextBoxes and DropDownList created using the Html.TextBoxFor and Html.DropDownListFor Helper methods respectively.
The Form also consists of a Submit button, which when clicked the Form is submitted.
@model Redirect_Model_MVC.Models.PersonModel
 
@{
    Layout = null;
}
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
 
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"/>
    <title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>
    @using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Home", FormMethod.Post))
    {
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tr>
                <th colspan="2" align="center">Person Details</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>PersonId: </td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.PersonId)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Name: </td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Gender: </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Gender, new List<SelectListItem>
                   { new SelectListItem{Text="Male", Value="M"},
                     new SelectListItem{Text="Female", Value="F"}}, "Please select")
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>City: </td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.City)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    }
</body>
</html>
 

View(Destination)

@{
    Layout = null;
}
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
 
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div>
    </div>
</body> </html>
 
 

Screenshots

The Source View

ASP.Net MVC: Redirect to another Controller’s Action method
 

Model values received in the Destination Controller’s Action method

ASP.Net MVC: Redirect to another Controller’s Action method
 
 

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