What's the difference between Render and GetHtml methods in DevExpress?

Question

I would like to know whats the difference between using the method Render vs. using the method GetHtml, when using the DevExpress MVC Extensions? I know that GetHtml returns a MvcHtmString, and Render returns void, but I want to know what could be a practical difference to choose which one to use.

Answer 1

Per the DevExpress site, it looks like they now do the same thing:

http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/p/Q388623.aspx

At present, the Render and GetHtml methods do the same thing: return a render string. Previously, the Render method wrote a render string to a Response directly. We have changed this behavior due to the following Breaking Change: