Is there anyway to call a function in a class that inherits from system.web.ui.page from a mvc3 controller?

Question

I have a cs file delivered from a vendor with a structure like the following:

public partial class Test : System.Web.UI.Page 
{ 
    public void InsertSignature() 
   { 
        Response.Write("ASDFASDFAF#WRRASDFCAERASDCDSAF"); 
   } 
} 

I am attempting to use the InsertSignature function in a MVC 3 application using the following code

MySample sample = new Test();

sample.InsertSignature();

I'm getting the following HttpException: "Response is not available in this context." Is there anyway that this can work with out modifying the vendor delivered product. I know there are ways to make this work by modifying the file but if at all possible it would be great to avoid doing this.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It seems as a known issue ( Response is not available in this context )

Just replace

Response.Write("ASDFASDFAF#WRRASDFCAERASDCDSAF"); 

with

HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("ASDFASDFAF#WRRASDFCAERASDCDSAF"); 

and this will do the trick. It doesn't seem as a big change.

UPDATE : If you wish to prevent the code from rewriting with future updates, just rename the method - eg from InsertSignature() to InsertSig(). If the file is being updated with the vendor's version, it will simply not compile, and will be clear what the reason is.