How to pass special characters so ASP.NET MVC can handle correctly query string data?

Question

I am using a route like this one:

routes.MapRoute(\"Invoice-New-NewCustomer\",
    \"Invoice/New/Customer/New/{*name}\",
    new { controller = \"Customer\",         


        

Answer 1

Works on my machine. Here's what I did to create the simplest possible example.

//Global.asax.cs

using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace MvcApplication4 {
  public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication {
    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
      routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

      routes.MapRoute(
        "Default",                        // Route name
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}",               // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }  // Parameter defaults
      );

      routes.MapRoute("Invoice-New-NewCustomer",
            "Invoice/New/Customer/New/{*name}",
            new { controller = "Customer", action = "NewInvoice" },
            new { name = @"[^\.]*" });
    }

    protected void Application_Start() {
      RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    }
  }
}

//HomeController.cs
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace MvcApplication4.Controllers {
  [HandleError]
  public class HomeController : Controller {
    public ActionResult Index() {
      return RedirectToAction("NewInvoice", "Customer", new { name = "The C# Guy" });
    }
  }
}

//CustomerController.cs
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace MvcApplication4.Controllers {
    public class CustomerController : Controller {
        public string NewInvoice(string name) {
            return name;
        }
    }
}

I then started my app and navigated to /home/index. THe redirect occurs and I saw "The C# Guy" in my browser.