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		<description><![CDATA[I was in the middle of doing some grid work using the MVC Contrib UI Grid and need an image column. It was a bit messy and a struggle. Turns out there is not a ActionImage helper that behaves like ActionLink. There are plenty of quick hacks about but I wanted some that behaves the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was in the middle of doing some grid work using the MVC Contrib UI Grid and need an image column. It was a bit messy and a struggle. Turns out there is not a <strong>ActionImage</strong> helper that behaves like <strong>ActionLink</strong>. There are plenty of quick hacks about but I wanted some that behaves the same as ActionLink with the same overloads and some extra bits.</p>
<p>It supports all the normal overloads that ActionLink provides in <strong>System.Web.Mvc.Html</strong> and the generic versions from <strong>Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Html</strong>. It also support html attributes for both the anchor tag and the image tag.</p>
<p>Also one thing the Generic version of ActionLink does not have is the ability to specify additional route values as well as the action parameters. <strong>ActionImage </strong>supports the merging of the action parameters and additional route values.</p>
<p>Any suggestions, improvements, fixes, are always welcome. </p>
<p>Regards Tobi.</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="csharp" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0600FF;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">System</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
<span style="color: #0600FF;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">System.Collections.Generic</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
<span style="color: #0600FF;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">System.Linq.Expressions</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
<span style="color: #0600FF;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">System.Web</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
<span style="color: #0600FF;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">System.Web.Mvc</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
<span style="color: #0600FF;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">System.Web.Routing</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
<span style="color: #0600FF;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Internal</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0600FF;">namespace</span> GMS.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Web</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Mvc</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Html</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">class</span> HtmlHelpers
    <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>imageUrl, linkText, actionName, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>imageUrl, linkText, actionName, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> controllerName<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>imageUrl, linkText, actionName, controllerName, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>imageUrl, linkText, actionName, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span>, routeValues, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> routeValues, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> htmlanchorAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>imageUrl, linkText, actionName, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlanchorAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlanchorAttributes, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>imageUrl, linkText, actionName, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span>, routeValues, htmlanchorAttributes, htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> controllerName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> routeValues, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> htmlanchorAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>imageUrl, linkText, actionName, controllerName, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlanchorAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> controllerName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> protocol, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> hostName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> fragment, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> routeValues, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> htmlanchorAttributes, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>imageUrl, linkText, actionName, controllerName, protocol, hostName, fragment, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlanchorAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>TController<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, Expression<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>Action<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>TController<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;&gt;</span> action, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span> where TController <span style="color: #008000;">:</span> Controller
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>action, imageUrl, linkText, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span>, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span>, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>TController<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, Expression<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>Action<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>TController<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;&gt;</span> action, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span> where TController <span style="color: #008000;">:</span> Controller
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>action, imageUrl, linkText, routeValues, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span>, <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>TController<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, Expression<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>Action<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>TController<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;&gt;</span> action, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> routeValues, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> htmlanchorAttributes, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span> where TController <span style="color: #008000;">:</span> Controller
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ActionImage</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>action, imageUrl, linkText, routeValues, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlanchorAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>TController<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, Expression<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>Action<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>TController<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;&gt;</span> action, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span> routeValues, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlanchorAttributes, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span> where TController <span style="color: #008000;">:</span> Controller
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
&nbsp;
            var _routeValuesFromExpression <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> ExpressionHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">GetRouteValuesFromExpression</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>action<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            var _mergedRouteValues <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> MergeRouteValueDictionaries<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>_routeValuesFromExpression, <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// get the action name</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//</span>
            var _actionName <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>MethodCallExpression<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>action.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Body</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Method</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Name</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// get the bare url for the Action using the current</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// request context</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//     </span>
            var _url <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> UrlHelper<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ViewContext</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">RequestContext</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Action</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>_actionName, _mergedRouteValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> GetImageLink<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>_url, linkText, imageUrl, htmlanchorAttributes, htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlanchorAttributes, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// get the bare url for the Action using the current</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// request context</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//</span>
            var _url <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> UrlHelper<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ViewContext</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">RequestContext</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Action</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>actionName, controllerName, routeValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> GetImageLink<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>_url, linkText, imageUrl, htmlanchorAttributes, htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> ActionImage<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF;">this</span> HtmlHelper htmlHelper, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> actionName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> controllerName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> protocol, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> hostName, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> fragment, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlanchorAttributes, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
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            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// get the bare url for the Action using the current</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// request context</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//</span>
            var _url <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> UrlHelper<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlHelper.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ViewContext</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">RequestContext</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Action</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>actionName, controllerName, routeValues, protocol, hostName<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> GetImageLink<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>_url, linkText, imageUrl, htmlanchorAttributes, htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;summary&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// Build up the anchor and image tag.</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;/summary&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;param name=&quot;url&quot;&gt;The URL.&lt;/param&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;param name=&quot;linkText&quot;&gt;The link text.&lt;/param&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;param name=&quot;imageUrl&quot;&gt;The image URL.&lt;/param&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;param name=&quot;htmlanchorAttributes&quot;&gt;The HTML anchor attributes.&lt;/param&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;param name=&quot;htmlImageAttributes&quot;&gt;The HTML image attributes.&lt;/param&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;returns&gt;&lt;/returns&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">internal</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> GetImageLink<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> url, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> linkText, <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span> imageUrl, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlanchorAttributes, IDictionary<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// build up the image link.</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// &lt;a href=\&quot;ActionUrl\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\&quot;ImageUrl\&quot; alt=\&quot;Your Link Text\&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//</span>
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            var _linkText <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">!</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">IsNullOrEmpty</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>linkText<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">?</span> HttpUtility.<span style="color: #0000FF;">HtmlEncode</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>linkText<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">:</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Empty</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// build the img tag</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//</span>
            TagBuilder _image <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> TagBuilder<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #666666;">&quot;img&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            _image.<span style="color: #0000FF;">MergeAttributes</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlImageAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            _image.<span style="color: #0000FF;">MergeAttribute</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #666666;">&quot;src&quot;</span>, imageUrl<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            _image.<span style="color: #0000FF;">MergeAttribute</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #666666;">&quot;alt&quot;</span>, _linkText<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// build the anchor tag</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//</span>
            TagBuilder _link <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> TagBuilder<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #666666;">&quot;a&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            _link.<span style="color: #0000FF;">MergeAttributes</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>htmlanchorAttributes<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            _link.<span style="color: #0000FF;">MergeAttribute</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #666666;">&quot;href&quot;</span>, url<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// place the img tag inside the anchor tag.</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//</span>
            _link.<span style="color: #0000FF;">InnerHtml</span> <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> _image.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ToString</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>TagRenderMode.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Normal</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// render the image link.</span>
            <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> _link.<span style="color: #0000FF;">ToString</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>TagRenderMode.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Normal</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;summary&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// Merges the 2 source route value dictionaries.</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;/summary&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;param name=&quot;routeValueDictionary1&quot;&gt;RouteValueDictionary 1.&lt;/param&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;param name=&quot;routeValueDictionary2&quot;&gt;RouteValueDictionary 2.&lt;/param&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">/// &lt;returns&gt;&lt;/returns&gt;</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF;">internal</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">static</span> RouteValueDictionary MergeRouteValueDictionaries<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>RouteValueDictionary routeValueDictionary1, RouteValueDictionary routeValueDictionary2<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
            var _mergedRouteValues <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RouteValueDictionary<span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #0600FF;">if</span> <span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>routeValueDictionary1 <span style="color: #008000;">!=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>routeValueDictionary2 <span style="color: #008000;">!=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF;">null</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
                <span style="color: #0600FF;">foreach</span> <span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>KeyValuePair<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> routeElement <span style="color: #0600FF;">in</span> routeValueDictionary1<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
                    _mergedRouteValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#91;</span>routeElement.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Key</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> routeElement.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Value</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
                <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
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                <span style="color: #0600FF;">foreach</span> <span style="color: #000000;">&#40;</span>KeyValuePair<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">string</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">object</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> routeElement <span style="color: #0600FF;">in</span> routeValueDictionary2<span style="color: #000000;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #000000;">&#123;</span>
                    _mergedRouteValues<span style="color: #000000;">&#91;</span>routeElement.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Key</span><span style="color: #000000;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> routeElement.<span style="color: #0000FF;">Value</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
                <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
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                <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> _mergedRouteValues<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
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            <span style="color: #0600FF;">return</span> null<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&#125;</span>
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