asp.net-mvc

Create/Edit/Save data in a jQuery pop-up for ASP.NET-MVC and Linq2Sql

I have a MVC page which allows creation and editing of a subcontract. When the user has to select a company for the subcontract, I would like for them to have the option to create a new company. I've made a jQuery pop-up with the company fields, but I don't know how to then save this information to the company table. I would also like...

openning files in another browser page/tab

i have an action that return a file content. i added: Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attactment; filename:\"" + survey.File + "\""); so that the image would be opened in another tab/page, gets opened in the current tab/page. whats wrong with the header? ...

How do I write an MVC 1 app with MVC 2?

I went to http://www.asp.net/mvc and the web installer offered me the option to install MVC 2, but not MVC 1. I thought MVC 2 was still in beta? Either way, I need to write an MVC 1 app. In visual studio, my only choice is either ASP.NET Web Application or ASP.NET MVC 2 Web Application. Can anyone advise? ...

In which order is model binding and validation done in ASP.NET MVC 2?

I am using ASP.NET MVC 2, and am using a view-model per view approach. I am also using Automapper to map properties from my domain-model to the view-model. Take this example view-model (with Required data annotation attributes for validation purposes): public class BlogPost_ViewModel { public int Id { get; set; } [Required] ...

Validating only selected fields using ASP.NET MVC 2 and Data Annotations

I'm using Data Annotations with ASP.NET MVC 2 as demonstrated in this post: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/01/15/asp-net-mvc-2-model-validation.aspx Everything works fine when creating / updating an entity where all required property values are specified in the form and valid. However, what if I only want to update some o...

How do I filter the models I see in the Add View dialog window with ASP.NET MVC?

Is there a way to restrict what I see when I select the View Data Class drop down, to just the models in my Application? It seems that if I have any references in my app, that drop down gets really noisy. ...

No download dialog with FileResult

I am returning File result from action triggered by the form post event. I can't get download dialog. Instead, if I use: return File(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(reportPath), "text/plain", "Report.csv"); I get path to the file upon ajax execution in the target div. When I use return File(reportPath, "text/plain", "Report.csv"); I get c...

Render view as string when Ajax request to view is made

I have my views render to route requests like /controller/action (for instance, /Page/Create), so pretty classic. I am creating a form where view will be loaded through AJAX request with jQuery get(), so essentially I need my Views or to be precise, my controller actions, to return plain HTML string when an AJAX request is made to the r...

auto add route parameter to url

i have 2 urls on one page: http://host/home/list and http://host/home/list/1. if i click on second url then first url renders with param 1, so url1 equals ulr2 (url1 = http://host/home/list/1 and url2=http://host/home/list/1) i use such code <%= Html.ActionLink("link", "DesignerFiles", "Home", null, null)%> url1 <%= Html.ActionLink(...

How to Unit Test HtmlHelper with Moq?

Could somebody show me how you would go about creating a mock HTML Helper with Moq? This article has a link to an article claiming to describe this, but following the link only returns an ASP.NET Runtime Error [edit] I asked a more specific question related to the same subject here, but it hasn't gotten any responses. I figured it was ...

asp mvc unit test HttpContext.Current.Cache?

Here is the first part of my controller code: public class ControlMController : Controller { IControlMService _controlMservice; public IList<User> Users { get { if (System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Cache["users"] == null) { System.Web...

linq to sql -> join

SQL query: SELECT ArticleCategories.Title AS Category, Articles.Title, Articles.[Content], Articles.Date FROM ArticleCategories INNER JOIN Articles ON ArticleCategories.CategoryID = Articles.CategoryID Object repository: public class ArticleDisplay { public int CategoryID; public str...

Avoiding the Controller with Routing Rules in ASP.NET MVC

I've created a website with ASP.NET MVC. I have a number of static pages that I am currently serving through a single controller called Home. This creates some rather ugly URLs. example.com/Home/About example.com/Home/ContactUs example.com/Home/Features You get the idea. I'd rather not have to create a controller for each one of the...

Binding, Prefixes and generated HTML

MVC newbie question re binders. Supposing I have two strongly typed partial actions that happen to have a model attributes with the same name, and are rendered in the same containing page i.e.: Class Friend {string Name {get; set ;} DateTime DOB {get; set ;}} Class Foe {string Name {get; set ;} string ReasonForDislike {get; set ;}} Bo...

InvalidOperationException in Default.aspx.cs

I changed the default namespace of my solution and assembly name, but i still get an error that there is abiguity between these even though the latter namespace is no where to be found. httpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext.Current) NewName.Controllers.HomeController OldName.Controllers.HomeController ...

Lightweight .NET web development?

Fellow stack overflowers, I'm currently working on a project that has a sizable amount of both client and web code. The client code is written in C# and the web piece is written in PHP. Maintaining consistency between the two worlds is becoming cumbersome, and I want consolidate the web code to .Net. The issue is that I hate web develo...

How to bind form collection back to custom model object that uses 2 custom objects in asp.net mvc?

What I'm trying to do is rather basic, but I might have my facts mixed up. I have a details page that has a custom class as it's Model. The custom class uses 2 custom objects with yet another custom object a property of one of the 2. The details page outputs a fair amount of information, but allows the user to post a comment. When the us...

ModelBinding to an EntitySet (MVC2 & LinqToSQL)

Hi all There seems to be an issue with the default model binder when binding to an EntitySet causes the EntitySet to be empty. The problem is described here and here: Microsoft's response is: ... We have now fixed this and the fix will be included in .NET Framework 4.0. With the new behavior, if the EntitySet passed into Assign is t...

MVC2 Binding isn't working for Html.DropDownListFor<>

I'm trying to use the Html.DropDownListFor<> HtmlHelper and am having a little trouble binding on post. The HTML renders properly but I never get a "selected" value when submitting. <%= Html.DropDownListFor( m => m.TimeZones, Model.TimeZones, new { @class = "SecureDropDown", name = "SelectedTimeZone" } ) %> [Bind(Exclude = "TimeZone...

Jquery call using .load not found.

I am using jQuery .load to call an action but it is not found. This is because the production website url is different to dev url. function ProjectChange() { var projid = $("input[name='ProjectLink']:checked").val(); $("#documentList").load("/Home/GetDocumentList/", { page: 0, projectid: projid }, ...