c# - Rendering an html string to view -

i have 2 controller actions target same view. is, have specified view name on call view controller action. second action puts html string in viewbag. want display html string in view. have tried

@viewbag.htmldoc 

and

@html.raw(viewbag.htmldoc) 

but nothing rendered.

any appreciated. in advance.

--controller code---

public actionresult showreport(string url)         {             string tablestring = "";               [code create table called reporttable , add rows etc]              tablestring = rendercontroltostring(reporttable );              viewbag.table= tablestring;               return view("showreport");          } 

i debugged viewbag.table on view , can see html string. view never gets updated / rendered. tested simple text like:

@if (viewbag.table != null) {         //@viewbag.table;                @:the day is: @datetime.now.dayofweek. } 

it goes code know viewbag.table not null, string doesn't rendered, either.

do need refresh renderbody() in _layout.cshtml??? or effect?

-- ajax call--

a button onclick event calls ajax method:

$.ajax({              url: "/home/showreport",             data:  { url: urlstring} ,             type: 'post',             success: function(data) {                alert(data);             },             error: function (e, textstatus, jqxhr) {                 alert(e.statustext);              }          }); 

change action method return json content

public actionresult showreport(string url)     {         string tablestring = "";           [code create table called reporttable , add rows etc]          tablestring = rendercontroltostring(reporttable );          //viewbag.table= tablestring;           return this.content(tablestring, "application/json");      } 

alter jquery reutilize return value

        success: function(data) {            $('#divtable').innerhtml(data); 

and add div view want render html

<div id='divtable'></div>