<% using(Html.BeginForm()) { %>
...
<% } %>
OR
<% Html.BeginForm(); %>
...
<% Html.EndForm(); %>
What are the advantages/disadvantages of using both ways to use Html.BeginForm?
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A:
I prefer
<% using(Html.BeginForm()) { %>
...
<% } %>
Just to make sure I get the warning when it isn't closed. But it isn't the greatest use of the using statement.
You can find more info here. In terms of rendering, there won't be a difference.
Yuriy Faktorovich
2010-07-29 15:43:38
I've personally taken to using the second method lately. It is more deliberate and formats better with the surrounding markup. Using an IDisposable to close a tag seems a bit cryptic to me.
Mitch R.
2010-08-02 05:12:09
@Mitch: That team also came up with something like Html.Text(color => "red") to render an attribute called color to be red. Not sure what the exact syntax is, or which version it made it into.
Yuriy Faktorovich
2010-08-02 06:11:55
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A:
If you are using Spark, don't use either. You can easily add your own extensions, as we've done at Logos.
<logos:using form="Html.BeginForm()">
Email: <input type="text" name="email" />
</logos:using>
or
<logos:form controller="User" action="Update" routeValues="new { id = 123 }">
Email: <logos:textbox for="Email" />
</logos:form>
Ryan Riley
2010-08-02 21:31:00
There is actually a cleaner way to do this now: bindings! :-) http://sparkviewengine.com/documentation/bindings
Ryan
2010-08-03 02:42:28