[TYPO3-mvc] setTemplatePathAndFileName reverting to NULL

[Mathias Bolt Lesniak, LiliO Design]

Hi!

I am trying to render a fluid template for an e-mail, but $this->view->setTemplatePathAndFileName() does not seem to work. 

If I output the value of $this->templatePathAndFilename within resolveTemplatePathAndFilename() within Tx_Fluid_View_TemplateView, it tells me the variable is NULL.

Here's the related lines of code:
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$this->view->setTemplatePathAndFileName(t3lib_extMgm::extPath('lilio_formsystem').'Resources/Private/Templates/FormSystem/emailIfChangedTemplate.html');
file_put_contents('/tmp/viewtest.html', $this->view->render());
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(Since this is meant for an e-mail I am using file_put_contents() to output the rendered data to a file. The data output to the file is:

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<!-- This is the output of the Empty View. An appropriate View was not found. -->
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(sic.)


Hope you can help!

Best wishes

Mathias Bolt Lesniak
LiliO Design - www.lilio.com
mathias at lilio.com