--- uid: mvc/videos/mvc-2/how-do-i/aspnet-mvc-2-render-action title: "ASP.NET MVC 2 - Render Action | Microsoft Docs" author: jongalloway description: "In this video you'll learn how to use Html.RenderAction to write the results of a Controller Action to a View. We'll look at how Html.RenderAction differs fr..." ms.author: aspnetcontent manager: wpickett ms.date: 04/22/2010 ms.topic: article ms.assetid: 11906982-0a64-4bc8-be23-6443afee8b88 ms.technology: dotnet-mvc ms.prod: .net-framework msc.legacyurl: /mvc/videos/mvc-2/how-do-i/aspnet-mvc-2-render-action msc.type: video --- ASP.NET MVC 2 - Render Action ==================== by [Jon Galloway](https://github.com/jongalloway) In this video you'll learn how to use Html.RenderAction to write the results of a Controller Action to a View. We'll look at how Html.RenderAction differs from Html.RenderPartial, and how Html.Action differs from Html.RenderAction. [▶ Watch video (3 minutes)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ASP-NET-Site-Videos/aspnet-mvc-2-render-action) >[!div class="step-by-step"] [Previous](aspnet-mvc-2-areas.md) [Next](5-minute-introduction-to-aspnet-mvc.md)