I have two input type submit on my view.
<input type="submit" name="submitbutton1" value="Save">
2.<input type="submit" name="submitbutton2" value="Process">
My view is Manage.vbhtml and in that view i have a form with the above two submit buttons.
My controller is StaffController and 'Function Manage(item as staff,submitbutton1 as string,submitbutton2 as string) as ActionResult' is associated with the above view. When i click any of the two submit buttons i should be getting the value of that button in the string parameter, but it's giving me nothing. Please help me, i want to detect which submit button was pressed. The mentioned actionresult has <HttpPost> _ in the attribute.
I have followed as per this link but still no result.
You can check it from FormCollection:
in Html:
<input type="submit" name="submitbutton" value="Save">
<input type="submit" name="submitbutton" value="Process">
and in Action:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Manage()
{
var temp = Request.Form["submitbutton"].ToString();
if(temp == "Save")
{
// save clicked
}
if(temp == "Process")
{
// Process clicked
}
return View();
}
or:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Manage(FormCollection form)
{
var temp = form["submitbutton"].ToString();
if(temp == "Save")
{
// save clicked
}
if(temp == "Process")
{
// Process clicked
}
return View();
}
Related
i was looking for good trick to handle multiple submit button in form and then i got some advice from this url and i followed but fail.
How do you handle multiple submit buttons in ASP.NET MVC Framework?
posted by #Andrey Shchekin.
he just said create a class like below one so i did in same controller
public class HttpParamActionAttribute : ActionNameSelectorAttribute {
public override bool IsValidName(ControllerContext controllerContext, string actionName, MethodInfo methodInfo) {
if (actionName.Equals(methodInfo.Name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
return true;
if (!actionName.Equals("Action", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
return false;
var request = controllerContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request;
return request[methodInfo.Name] != null;
}
}
then multiple submit button in the view look like & also controller code look like below
<% using (Html.BeginForm("Action", "Post")) { %>
<!— …form fields… -->
<input type="submit" name="saveDraft" value="Save Draft" />
<input type="submit" name="publish" value="Publish" />
<% } %>
and controller with two methods
public class PostController : Controller {
[HttpParamAction]
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult SaveDraft(…) {
//…
}
[HttpParamAction]
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult Publish(…) {
//…
}
}
but when i test his code it never work. so any can tell me where i am making the mistake or code itself is wrong for handling the situation. thanks
View:
<input type="submit" name="mySubmit" value="Save Draft" />
<input type="submit" name="mySubmit" value="Publish" />
Controller Action:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ActionName(ModelType model, string mySubmit)
{
if(mySubmit == "Save Draft")
{
//save draft code here
} else if(mySubmit == "Publish")
{
//publish code here
}
}
I had to deal with the similar scenario when I had the requirement that Users can finalize or save progress of the hospital infant record - essentially both actions are submit but one validates the record for insertion into the main DB table and another one saves it into a temp table without any validation. I handled it like this:
I have 2 buttons both are type submit with different IDs (btnSave and btnFinalize). When btnSave is clicked I intercept that event with some JQuery code:
$("#btnSave").click(function () {
$("#SaveForm").validate().settings.rules = null;
$('#SaveForm').attr('action', '#(Url.Content("~/Home/EditCase?finalize=false"))');
});
As you can see I modify the action attribute of the form to point to a different URL with a querystring attribute of finalize = false. I also remove any validation present on the model. If the other button is clicked I do nothing - executes the default behavior.
And in my controller I have a single action that handles both submit actions:
public ActionResult EditCase(EditInfantModel model, bool finalize = true)
{
// Logic for handling submit in here...
}
I think you can apply the similar technique for your problem. I'm not sure if it's the answer you're looking for but I thought it was worth mentioning...
I have Ajax Form in my view:
#using (Ajax.BeginForm("SearchHuman", "Search", new AjaxOptions(){
InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace,
UpdateTargetId = "result" }))
{
<div class="editor-field">
#DescriptionStrings.Lastname:
#Html.TextBox("LastName")
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#DescriptionStrings.Firstname:
#Html.TextBox("Name")
</div>
//submit button
<input type="submit" value='Start Searching' />
//submit link
#Ajax.ActionLink("search", "OtherSearch", new{lastName ="",...}, new AjaxOptions()
{
InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace,
UpdateTargetId = "tab"
})
}
I want to have submit button and the link for 2 different searches (in different databases) using only one form. But how to pass route values from the textboxes of the form into Ajax.ActionLink?
Thanks in advance!
But how to pass route values from the textboxes of the form into Ajax.ActionLink?
You can't. You should use a submit button if you want to send the values to the server. You could have 2 submit buttons in the same form which both submit to the same controller action. Then inside this action you can test which button was clicked and based on its value perform one or the other search.
Example:
<button type="submit" name="btn" value="search1">Start Searching</button>
<button type="submit" name="btn" value="search2">Some other search</button>
and then inside your controller action:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult SomeAction(string btn, MyViewModel model)
{
if (btn == "search1")
{
// the first search button was clicked
}
else if (btn == "search2")
{
// the second search button was clicked
}
...
}
The solution we opted for was to implement a custom ActionMethodSelectorAttribute which allowed us to differentiate which button was pressed based on its name property. We then decorated many methods with the ActionName decorator giving them all the same action name (the one specified in the BeginFrom helper), and then we used our custom ActionMethodSelector decorator to differentiate which method is to be called based on the name of the button clicked. The net result is that each submit button leads to a separate method being called.
Some code to illustrate:
In controller:
[ActionName("RequestSubmit")]
[MyctionSelector(name = "Btn_First")]
public ActionResult FirstMethod(MyModel modelToAdd)
{
//Do whatever FirstMethod is supposed to do here
}
[ActionName("RequestSubmit")]
[MyctionSelector(name = "Btn_Second")]
public ActionResult SecondMethod(MyModel modelToAdd)
{
//Do whatever SecondMethod is supposed to do here
}
In view:
#using (Ajax.BeginForm("RequestSubmit",.....
<input type="submit" id="Btn_First" name="Btn_First" value="First"/>
<input type="submit" id="Btn_Second" name="Btn_Second" value="Second"/>
As for the custom attribute:
public string name { get; set; }
public override bool IsValidForRequest(ControllerContext controllerContext, MethodInfo methodInfo)
{
var btnName = controllerContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue(name);
return btnName != null;
}
I have created one page using MVC3. I have filled all the details and when I click the submit button it's not doing inserting, just postback and all the details gets lost.
This is controller
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult MyAccountIndex()
{
return View();
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MyAccountIndex(MyAccount myacc)
{
MyAccount ma = new MyAccount();
var objview = ma.GetCustInfo(myacc);
return View();
}
Change your form in View to:
<form action="MyAccountIndex" method="POST">
<input type="submit" />
</form>
I have a form on my page:
#using(Html.BeginForm("DoReservation","Reservation"))
{
...some inputs
<button id="recalculate">Recalculate price</button>
<button id="submit">Submit</button>
}
When I click the "Recalculate price" button I want the following action to be invoked:
public ActionResult Recalculate(FormCollection form)
{
var price = RecalculatePrice(form);
... do some price recalculation based on the inputs
return PartialView("PriceRecalculation",price);
}
When I click the "Submit" button I want the "DoReservation" action to be invoked (I want the form to be submitted).
How can I achieve something like that?
What I can suggest is , adding a new property to your view model and call it ActionType.
public string ActionType { get; set; }
and then change your cshtml file like below
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<div id="mytargetid">
...some inputs*#
</div>
<button type="submit" name="actionType" value="Recalculate" >Recalculate price</button>
<button type="submit" name="actionType" value="DoReservation" >Submit</button>
}
in post action method based on ActionType value you can decide what to do !
I noticed that in your comments you mentioned you need to return partial and replace if with returning partial , no problem , you can use
#using (Ajax.BeginForm("DoProcess", new AjaxOptions { UpdateTargetId = "mytargetid", InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace }))
and in controller change your action to return partial view or java script code to redirect page
public ActionResult DoProcess(FormModel model)
{
if (model.ActionType == "Recalculate")
{
return PartialView("Test");
}
else if (model.ActionType == "DoReservation")
{
return JavaScript(string.Format("document.location.href='{0}';",Url.Action("OtherAction")));
}
return null;
}
I use two submit button. (asp.net mvc3 aplicattion)
I found how make it here:
http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2009/11/26/Supporting-multiple-submit-buttons-on-an-ASPNET-MVC-view.aspx
Where put this The MultiButtonAttribute class? In Controller?
Maybe is easiest way to make this.
you can add it anywhere in application including Controller Folder
**//model**
public class input_element
{
public string Btn { get; set; }
}
**//views**
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<button type="submit" name="btn" value="verify">
Verify data</button>
<button type="submit" name="btn" value="save">
Save data</button>
<button type="submit" name="btn" value="redirect">
Redirect</button>
}
**//controller**
public ActionResult About()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Your app description page.";
return View();
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult About(input_element model)
{
if (model.Btn == "verify")
{
// the Verify button was clicked
}
else if (model.Btn == "save")
{
// the Save button was clicked
}
else if (model.Btn == "redirect")
{
// the Redirect button was clicked
}
return View();
}