Handling multiple submit button in form - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

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

Answer 1

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
}
}

Answer 2

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...