asp.net-mvc

Paypal Payflow Link ASP.Net MVC Open Source Framework

I am looking at creating a site using ASP.Net MVC which of coarse has a paid membership option and needs to allow recuring payments via Paypal. I am thinking of using Paypals Payflow Link as the site will be fairly small. I am looking for an Open Source example or Framework that I can use with Payflow Link. Are there any good .Net Fra...

How do I deploy my ASP MVC project to my Win7 system?

Hi, I am deploying my first ASP MVC project. The project runs just fine, I would like to take the next step and run this outside of my visual studio environment on my local IIS. I am running Windows7, Visual Studio 2008, and I have created a basic ASP MVC project. On my solution, I find the project I would like to deploy. I right cli...

ASP.NET MVC 2 for mobile devices

As far as I can tell the recommended approach for ASP.NET MVC 1 is to use the Web Application Toolkit for Mobile Web Applications. Is there any change in the mobile device story for ASP.NET MVC 2? Should this toolkit still be used? ...

Can I create an isolated page in a project with spark masterpage setup?

Ive got a project that has got an application.spark and a html.spark that contains all the masterpage markup. The views work fine, but I need to create an isolated page that has no relation at all with the masterpages. Is it possible or will I need to have another nested masterpage? Thanks ...

How to handle ASP.NET application error that occurs on application start and transfer & display error in MVC view?

I know that ASP.NET MVC has error filter attribute to handle specified error type. However, this feature cannot catch any error that occurs when application start. Therefore, I need to add some code to “Application_Error” method for handling this error like the following code. public void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e) { ...

asp.net MVC 2 Validating File uploads with data annotation

I'm trying to validate a form using Data Annotation. It seems great for string types and integers, but for a file upload, I couldn't validate from the class. It would just be sent a string "HttpPostedFileWrapper". Does anyone have any tips? Thanks ...

CKEDITOR removing only asp.net tags problem

In controller level i used [ValidateInput(false)] and ValidateRequest="false" in the view. Everything is fine except CKEDITOR removing <% %> tags. Is there any other configuration i am missing? ...

GetVirtualPath not making any sense.

Can anyone explain why this code with the given routes returns the first route? routes.MapRoute(null, "user/approve", new { controller = "Users", action = "Approve" }), routes.MapRoute(null, "user/{username}", new { controller = "Users", action = "Profile" }), routes.MapRoute(null, "user/{username}/{action}", new { controller = "Users" ...

asp.net MVC ActionMethod causing null exception on parameter

I am trying to add filter functionality that sends a GET request to the same page to filter records in my table. The problem I am having is that the textbox complains about null object reference when a parameter is not passed. For example, when the person first views the page the url is '/mycontroller/myaction/'. Then when they apply a...

send / receive money to/from website users in exchange for website's virtual currency, is possible with paypal ?

I have an website on asp.net-mvc, I'm thinking of using paypal for payments, is it possible to use paypal api for selling website's currency to users and buying it back ? ...

How to render partial view in asp.net mvc 2 using Controller and Action ?

<body> <div id="header"> <div class="title">SPORTS STORE</div> </div> <div id="categories"> <% Html.RenderAction("Menu", "Nav"); %> </div> <div id="content"> <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainContent" runat="server" /> </div> </body> This is a sample code from Steven Sandersons' book "Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework." This code wokrs with mvc...

How set attribute to MVC2 user control type in declarative way

How can I set attribute to MVC2 user control defined in single file with content: <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %> I'm searching declarative solution. Something like this: <%[DefaultProperty("Items")]%> <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %> Thanks. ...

How can I assign a value to HttpContext.User in ASP.NET MVC ?

I write a controller like below: public class AccountController : Controller { public ActionResult Login(/*---*/) { GenericIdentity identity = new GenericIdentity("userName"); GenericPrincipal principal = new GenericPrincipal(identity, new string[] { "role1", "role2" }); this.HttpContext.User = principal;...

Any definitive guide for using Unity with an ASP.NET MVC site that hosts one or more web services?

I'm struggling to find a decent walkthrough for this issue, and was hoping that someone could shed some light on this... I've built an application using a ton of Unity and DI, and I need to pull a few components into a web site and run a WCF service now with them. host a WCF service for clients to connect to it instead of having it inclu...

IIS7 treats virtual application requests as though they were for the parent site

Hi, what could possibly be the explanation for this? An ASP.NET MVC website, with one sub-application pointing at a different physical path. After upgrading from IIS6 to IIS7, all is fine for an hour or so. Suddenly, requests for certain paths within the sub-application return the content for the "equivalent" path in the parent applica...

Foreach on IEnumerable property and CheckBoxFor in ASP.Net MVC

I believe this question applies to any of the "For" Html helpers, but my specific problem is using CheckBoxFor... I have a model that is of type IEnumerable, where rights is a simple POCO. This model is actually a property of a bigger model that I created an EditorTemplate for. Here is the bigger picture of my model: public class big...

Orderby() not ordering numbers correctly c#

Hi all, I am writing an app for my company and am currently working on the search functionality. When a user searches for an item, I want to display the highest version (which is stored in a database). The problem is, the version is stored as a string instead of int, and when I do an OrderBy(q=>q.Version) on the results, they are retur...

ASP.NET MVC SelectList: How do I set class name and other attributes?

How can I set a select class and other attributes eg:events through the SelectList object? If this cannot be done, what are the best practices in populating a select input (dropdownlist) ie should I just loop through the items and render the <option> tags I guess events should be bound to the controls in jquery for instance, but I do n...

.NET MVC - List and Detail Views

I think there is a simple answer to this, but for some reason I am hitting a writers block today. I have an app which people can search (like any app :) ) and generate a list view. From that list view, you can view details, which will take you to a details view. No JS, just another page. But, what I would like to do is to have a back...

DropDownList setting selected item in asp.net MVC

I noticed what seems to me a bug in asp.net MVC or simply I am doing something wrong. I am currently using 1.0 so maybe this is something that will be addressed in the 2.0 release. But either way, here we go. When I my view model has a property which is the same name as the declared id for a drop down list, the selected item is ignored ...