To enable https on asp.net mvc, one can use the [RequireHttps] attribute on the base controller if you are using a base controller
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[RequireHttps] public class BaseController: Controller |
But what if you want to give an option to the installer or the client to enable it in web.config, the easy way to do it for asp mvc2 is to […]
Was coding some new functionality and though I would post this, so that others can find it helpful. Lets say you have a form that has a checkbox that will update the select dropdown box with different values, when the checkbox is clicked. Something like the UI below. Your html code might look like
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<input type="hidden" name="fieldId" value="123" /> Parent: <select name="FieldType" id="fieldTypeDropDown"> <option value="16">None</option> <option value="4">Apple</option> <option value="3">Orange</option> </select> Multiple: <input type="checkbox" name="fieldMultiple" id="fieldMultiple" /> |
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So I was going through some code of codebettercanvas and found it interesting of Karl Seguin using Html Helper extension for his form tags, which has its elegance. e.g
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<form id="login" action="!{Html.LinkTo<HomeController>(c => c.Login()) }" method="post"> |
Basically it calls an extension method called LinkTo with a generic controller and a lamda for calling its action, the extension method looks like
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public static class HtmlExtensions { private static readonly string _applicationPath = HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath == "/" ? string.Empty : HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath; //other method removed public static string LinkTo(this HtmlHelper html, Expression<Func<T, ActionResult>> action) { var body = action.Body as MethodCallExpression; if (body == null) { throw new InvalidOperationException("Expression must be a method call"); } var controller = typeof(T).Name.Replace("Controller", string.Empty); return string.Format("{0}/{1}/{2}", _applicationPath, controller, body.Method.Name); } } |
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