ViewBag does not show messege in view - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I created 2 div's inside a view.
to display content inside that i have used partial view and to show errors i am using Viewbag and displayed it as follows:
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li>Publish Exhibition</li>
<li>Edit Existing Exhibition</li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1" style=" width:900px; height:400px;">
<font color="red">#ViewBag.msg1</font>
#{Html.RenderPartial("PubExhi", Model);}
</div>
<div id="tabs-2">
#{Html.RenderPartial("EditExhi");}
</div>
</div>
I'm calling this view as
ViewBag.msg1 = "record not updated!!!!";
modelList = setIndex();
return View("Index", modelList);
evry thing is working fine except the viewbag
it is not displaying any msgs
When i debugged it, i can see the viewbag containing appropriate value
but it is not displaying on the page
I also tried to display it from the partial view but not getting any message
Can any body help me

Answer 1

Use #Html.Raw(ViewBag.msg1) to display.....

Answer 2

It should work, i tried exactly similar thing and it is working for me -
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li>Tab 1</li>
<li>Tab 2</li>
</ul>
<div id="HWTab">
<font color="red">#ViewBag.msg</font>
#{Html.RenderPartial("_HardwareAssetView", Model.hardwareAssetVM);}
</div>
<div id="AdminTab">
#{Html.RenderPartial("_AdminAssetView", Model.adminAssetVM);}
</div>

Answer 3

you need to assign it to the view you are sending in your server method: let's say my viewresult is Details, but you are sending view DetailingList, then you need to assign this view's viewbag the message you want:
var partialViewRes = new PartialViewResult();
partialViewRes.ViewName = "DetailingList";
partialViewRes.ViewData.Model = list;
partialViewRes.ViewBag.ErrorMessage = "Error on loading";
Hope this helps someone.