asp.net-mvc

Using the same cookie in two logins

Hi everyone, I need your help I've a MVC project that uses Jquery, where I've implemented a mechanism of "Remember Me" using cookies to save, clear and retrieve the login and password. I also have two screens where the user does the login. I want that both logins manipulate the same cookie. I've got to implement it, but I've realized ...

Dropdownlist value not being set when there is a default blank option

I am using ASP.Net MVC. I have a partial view which has a form with dropdownlists. The dropdownlists are set via ViewData. The partial view is used in a Create and Edit page. The create works fine. I get the dropdownlists and the blank option is a "Please select", like so <%= Html.DropDownList("ContactNrType", ViewData["ContactNrType"]...

How can I store a useful value in my ASP.NET MVC site's URL and make it propagate?

Let's say I have a simple ASP.NET MVC site with two views. The views use the following routes: /Foo and /Foo/Bar. Now let's say I want to use the URL to specify (just for the sake of example) the background color of the site. I want my routes to be, for instance, /Blue/Foo or /Green/Foo/Bar. Also, if I call Html.ActionLink from a view,...

Automatic Lazyloading on Entity Framework 4.0

Suppose I have an Entity Order with OrderDetails as child preperty. I enable lazyloading like this: _context.ContextOptions.LazyLoadingEnabled = true; I Can feed a view with a method like this: Order.GetAll() And navigate by the order details automatically without getting the wirerd "Object reference not set to an instance of an ...

Controller getting NULL value?

I'm trying to make a call to a controller via jQuery $.post, but the parameter for my controller method keeps getting a NULL value despite it appearing to be setup similar to other controller methods. CONTROLLER [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] public ActionResult SearchWeatherLocations(string searchFor) { //Do Some Magic } GLOBAL.A...

DotNetOpenAuth oAuth in ASP.NET MVC

I'm trying to understand how to apply the oAuth consumer library from DotNetOpenAuth in the context of ASP.NET MVC. oAuth is new to me, and the library doesn't seem very simple. Does anyone have a sample of leveraging this library, for this usage, in ASP.NET MVC? ...

Multiple Default Routes in ASP.NET MVC to different Default Actions

I have multiple controllers with different actions (no "Index" actions). The actions I consider "default" actions, are named differently. I want to create default routes for their names and have the first available action (from my list of default actions) executed if only the controller name is provided in the route. So, for example, I ...

Branching logic in an MVC view

I find myself writing a lot of code in my views that looks like the code below. In this case, I want to add some explanatory HTML for a novice, and different HTML for an expert user. <% if (ViewData["novice"] != null ) { %> some extra HTML for a novice <% } else { %> some HTML for an expert <% } %> This is presentation logic, so it ...

How to avoid open-redirect vulnerability and safely redirect on successful login (HINT: ASP.NET MVC 2 default code is vulnerable)

Normally, when a site requires that you are logged in before you can access a certain page, you are taken to the login screen and after successfully authenticating yourself, you are redirected back to the originally requested page. This is great for usability - but without careful scrutiny, this feature can easily become an open redirect...

Exceptions in ASP.MVC

Hello guys, I'm here again with another question about MVC. Here is the deal. I have a simple table/class with an Id and a Name. Names suppossed to be unique, and are modeled like that in the DB. I created my controller and everything just works fine. But if I try to insert a name that already exists, an exception should be thrown. I'm...

Problem in JsonResult

I am using the jsonresult for listing all the cities under a country. I retrieve the data from database and load it to a dropdown list using jquery. The problem is if the cities goes beyond 3000 then the jsonresult is not working. <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function () { //Hook onto the MakeID list's onchan...

Why does Internet Explorer break "pegman" display in Google Maps API v3?

On my site here, the SteetView control, aka "Pegman", works great under Firefox. Under IE (7 in this case, but tested on 8 as well - same result) it breaks the display of the pegman control. Here's my map code: var directionsDisplay; var directionsService = new google.maps.DirectionsService(); var map; directionsDisplay = new google.m...

How to "escape" the JavaScript class keyword to specify a CSS class value.

C# allows a reserved word to be used as a property name via the ampersand. e.g. // In ASP.NET MVC, we use @class to define // the css class attribute for some HtmlHelper methods. var htmlObject = new { readonly = "readonly", @class = "ui-state-highlight" } I want to do the same in JavaScript. e.g. function makeGrid(grid, pager) { ...

asp.net mvc and portal like functionality

fHi, I need to build an site with some portal like functionality where an param in the request will indentify the portal. like so http:/domain/controller/action/portal Now my problem is if an portal doesn't exists there must be an redirect to an other site/page and an user can login in to one portal but if the user comes to an other po...

Can we call the Method of a controller from another controller in asp.net MVC?

Can we call the Method of a controller from another controller in asp.net MVC? ...

ActionResult - Service

I bored, writing same code for service and ui. Then i tried to write a converter for simple actions. This converter, converting Service Results to MVC result, seems like good solution for me but anyway i think this gonna opposite MVC pattern. So here, I need help, what you think about algorithm - is this good or not? Thanks ServiceRe...

ASP.NET MVC Action Filter Redirect Loop

Hi! I am seeing a redirect loop from our production servers when we enable the following attribute on a controller class: public class TestRedirectHttpsAttribute : RedirectHttpsAttribute { public override void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext) { if (Convert.ToBoolean(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["T...

how to update specific div data through ajax in asp.net mvc

how to update specific div data through ajax in asp.net mvc ...

What VS Projecttype for Model and Database?

Hello folks, i've just started a new asp.net project which could increase fastly(a small erp-system for our company). So i thought it would be a good idea to split at least the model from the view/controller(the asp.net project). Because it could be that i need to access some classes and the database from a windows app in future, i dicid...

Setting a under construction page for IIS6.

Hi, I have an .NET 1.1 web app and I am upgrading to ASP.NET MVC 1.0 app in IIS6. How do I put up a under construction page so uses see it? And secondly how can I install the new site and test under this scenario of having an under construction page?? Malcolm ...