Modifying MVC 3 ViewBag in a partial view does not persist to the _Layout.cshtml

Question

I am using MVC 3 with the Razor view engine. I want to set some values in the ViewBag inside a Partial View and want retrieve those values in my _Layout.cshtml. For exampl

Answer 1

I encountered the same problem when I use mvc3, and I found that

this.ViewBag.ViewBag.PropertyName 

works in your custom control.