RedirectToAction for areas?
Hi, I have setup some areas, but I'm not sure how to Redirect to them via the RedirectToAction method. There doesn't seem to be any Area parameter I can feed it. Thanks ...
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Custom app_offline.htm file during publish
When I publish my ASP.NET MVC application it generates a app_offline.htm file to take the site offline while it updates the website and then deletes the file once the publish is successful. This is cool and I really like the idea, but I want to create my own custom app_offline.htm file that the publish action is aware of and put it some...
What is the easiest way to get the property value from a passed lambda expression in an extension method for HtmlHelper?
I am writing a dirty little extension method for HtmlHelper so that I can say something like HtmlHelper.WysiwygFor(lambda) and display the CKEditor. I have this working currently but it seems a bit more cumbersome than I would prefer. I am hoping that there is a more straight forward way of doing this. Here is what I have so far. pub...
jQuery .submit() woes with IE8
I am trying to submit a delete link click via a http post to my asp.net mvc controller. While my code below works for chrome it does not work in IE8. Any pointer will be very useful. Setup:- Browser: IE8 jQuery: 1.4.1 MVC: 2.0 The delete link is:- <a title="Delete contact" href="/Contacts/Delete/<%= Model.Contact.Id %>" class="delete...
How to return a message from my repository class to my controller and then to my view in asp.net-mvc?
I use this for checking an existing emailId in my table and inserting it...It works fine how to show message to user when he tries to register with an existing mailId.... if (!taxidb.Registrations.Where(u => u.EmailId == reg.EmailId).Any()) { taxidb.Registrations.InsertOnSubmit(reg); taxidb.SubmitChanges(); } and my control...
Strongly typed API for ASP.NET MVC 2 async actions
Hi guys, Have anybody tried to create strongly typed API for ASP.NET MVC 2 async actions? Best regards, Alexey Zakharov ...
Want to set 'src' of script to my IP-Won't load in Safari or Chrome. Relative link asp.netmvc
I have a script that links to the server I am hosting (IP can change) usually I would just use for links: var url ='http://' + window.location.hostname + 'end of url'; But in this case it isnt appearing to be so easy. I have tried: (1) $('#scriptid').attr('src', url); as well as: (2) var script = document.createElement( 'script'...
MVC routing - why does my request not match the route?
Hi all, I'm making a request that I thought would be caught by my route, but there is no match. What am I doing wrong? Any comments appreciated, Anders, Denmark -- Url : EventReponse/ComingAdmin/386/01e71c45-cb67-4711-a51f-df5fcb54bb8b Expected match: routes.MapRoute( "Editing event responses for other user", ...
Random number generation in MVC applications
What is the correct way of generating random numbers in an ASP.NET MVC application if I need exactly one number per request? According to MSDN, in order to get randomness of sufficient quality, it is necessary to generate multiple numbers using a single System.Random object, created once. Since a new instance of a controller class is cre...
HtmlHelper does not contain definition for "Action"
I use <%= Html.Action("ReadXML") %> and have this error: 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper' does not contain a definition for 'Action' and no extension method 'Action' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) How fix it This is my assemblies: ...
Redirect to current view on error in asp.net mvc?
I use TempData["message"] which internally uses session.... It works for me but when i do a return RedirectToAction("Create"); my other values are not restored because i am redirecting to Create view... Any suggestion how to retain the values of textboxes in the view..... if (!regrep.registerUser(reg)) { TempData["mes...
Asp.Net MVC and Entity Framework Architecture
Hi, I'm working on a fairly large project at the moment and am currently in the planning stages. I've done a lot of reading into the various patterns suggested for development, somthing that has split the team at the moment is when using Entity Framework should the classes be passed through the applciation layers so that a view accepts ...
ASP.NET MVC Ajax: Passing an IList from the View to the Controller
I need to pass the grid rows from the view to the controller using POST. The idea is to pass an IList of objects (people) that have the following structure: String Name String Address String ID I want to read the data from the JQGrid and pass it to the controller to fill the IList. I'm trying to build the data object to pass through...
Form Authentication in ASP.NET MVC
hello, can any one tell me how to do form authentication in asp.net mvc? i had done form authentication for built in database but i dont know how to use it with ADO.net entity model. thank you ...
How can I ajax load new pages/views into MainContent when using a master page
Hello. Instead of using Html.ActionLink to load subpages into MainContent, I would like to load them with ajax. For example (taken from Site.Master): <%= Ajax.ActionLink("HOME", "Index", "Home", new AjaxOptions() { UpdateTargetId = "main" })%> <%= Ajax.ActionLink("ABOUT ME", "In...
There is no ViewData item of type 'IEnumerable<SelectListItem>' that has the key 'xxx'.
There are a couple of posts about this on Stack Overflow but none with an answer that seem to fix the problem in my current situation. I have a page with a table in it, each row has a number of text fields and a dropdown. All the dropdowns need to use the same SelectList data so I have set it up as follows: Controller ViewData["Submar...
Tags list in stackoverflow
Hi experts, I am working on website in asp.net mvc. There is form where user is asked to put some information along with the Tags similar to stackoverflow. this tags information is saved in the same table in field Tags. Now I want to show them a help to select tags from the list (same as in stackoverflow). how can i extract it from the...
How to add a new database under app_data with SQL Server Enterprise Edition
I'm a absolute newbie in MVC, and now I am standing the beginning of it. I checked out the tutorial podcast, in which i got i can add a new item of SQL Server database under app_data. But once I click that, a msg popup to show that in my desktop, no SQL Server 2005 or 2008 Express was installed. But in fact, I have a SQL Server 2005 E...
DataSets to POCOs - an inquiry regarding DAL architecture
Hello all, I have to develop a fairly large ASP.NET MVC project very quickly and I would like to get some opinions on my DAL design to make sure nothing will come back to bite me since the BL is likely to get pretty complex. A bit of background: I am working with an Oracle backend so the built-in LINQ to SQL is out; I also need to use p...
ASP MVC 2 : Custom display of a required form element based on ModelMetaData
I have an MVC 2 application that utilises forms. The required fields within the form are set using attributes that update the model metadata. The form fields are created using the MVC HtmlHelper method : Html.EditorFor. This works fine so far as validation is concerned, but it seems that by default the required fields are not displayed ...