Standalone views with Fluid with TYPO3 4.5.x LTS // via http://developpeurtypo3.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/fluid-sans-extbase/ * useful for hooks also, when we are working with non-extbase extensions

fluidStandaloneView.php

<?php
$template = t3lib_extMgm::extPath($this->extKey) . $this->conf['template'];
$view = t3lib_div::makeInstance('Tx_Fluid_View_StandaloneView');
$view->setTemplatePathAndFilename($template);
$view->assign('data', $this->data);
$view->render();