I have a site using a single master.page. In the master.page I have a strongly typed user control (.ascx) called "ControlPanel". Its type is ControlPanelViewModel.
<%@ Master Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewMasterPage" %>
<body>
<% Html.RenderPartial("ControlPanel"); %> <!-- Here I need to pass the ControlPanelViewModel -->
<!-- main content area -->
</body>
</html>
Im trying to get my strongly typed master page to work in my ASP MVC 2.0 application.have come far with the help of these two posts:Passing data to Master Page in ASP.NET MVCStrongly Typed ASP.Net MVC Master PagesProblem is that im not sure how to get that ViewDataFactory code to work, this is my code:
BaseController.cs
public class BaseController : Controller
{
private IPageRepository _repPage;
public BaseController(IPageRepository repPage)
[code]...
When I send a strongly typed ViewModel containing other ViewModels nested inside (basically spanning 3 tables into one object) all the data is correctly presented when debugging. However it complains at rendering time with an exception "Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'object' does not contain a definition for 'Name' and no extension method 'Name' accepting a first argument of type 'object' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)"
and the error is thrown from mvc2-rtm-sourcessrcSystemWebMvcMvcViewPageControlBuilder.cs method:
ProcessGeneratedCode line 19
PageBaseType is null all the time
[Code]....
ViewModels
[Code]....
Database
3 tables make up for the ProjectModelView object
users
projects
project_bids
So my question is more in relation to what people consider to be the best practice and why:
I've been dropping literals into pages and repeaters and binding them in code behind for a while. Is this considered bad practice?
ie:
ASPX Page:
<asp: Literal id="litTextToInsert" runat="Server" />
Code Behind:
litTextToInsert.Text = objData.MyText;
OR (repeater):
[code]....
I personally dont like doing this as i find it makes it harder for me to know if someone changed the field name, or mis typed it during development - the other way you won't know until the page loads.
With the strongly typed version if something changes in your DAL etc the build will break - letting me know I've messed up.
Why do so many people appear to use weakly typed code in ASP.Net (in examples, MVC, etc)?
Am i missing something?
I am working with a third party asp.net application that uses master pages and nested master pages. My needs are to dynamically set the master page files for each page(.aspx). The application by default sets the master page file in the strongly typed @Page directive for each page. I don't want to change the strongly typed directive on each page (over 50 pages) because I am lazy and I want to minimize conflicts with future upgrades.
protected override void OnPreInit(EventArgs e)
{
this.MasterPageFile = "~/MasterPages/MyMaster.master";
Given the benefits of using strongly typed views to eliminate typed errors and the use of lambda expressions why would one use a dynamically typed view? When I use them I don't feel as safe as with strongly typed views. Am I missing something? Is there a special use for them?
View 2 RepliesI want to display a menu (which will be strongly typed with it's own unique model) across all pages only if a user is logged in.What menu items are available depend on the user's role and also I'll need to hit the repository to get numbers like "x Messages", etc
Been scratching my head for a simple solution here. Don't want to create something that need changes all over the place.All my controllers derive from a BaseController, all my Models from BaseViewModel....probably where I'll be implementing functionality for this.
My error code:
string model = "Content";
Type stype = Type.GetType("mvc.Models." + model);
ViewPage<stype> vp = new ViewPage<stype>();
Of course it error when compiling, but it clearly show what i'm thinking.
I wish to do something like this:
return RedirectToAction<SomeController>(c => Index(someparameter));
How to do this ?
Been using MvcContrib for strongly typed redirects since MVC1. Aren't we there yet with MVC3 or did I miss something (just been scratching the surface)
View 5 RepliesI have an application that is going to allow a user to create records of type Customer and Seller that have one section in common, but other fields that are unique to their types.
Both of these types will have an address block for their create view.
If I have a strongly typed Customer or Seller view, how can I use the view partial (containing the address block) that I've created? I've tried creating a view model, but I don't know how to have the create page inherit the Customer model and the addressBlock partial inherit the addressBlockForm partial model...
How can I use css and other attributes such max length with the strongly typed views ?
View 1 RepliesI want strongly typed Label but not working at all. Can you fix the below use of Label to display like @Html.Label("FirstName"). MVC3 Razor.
View 4 RepliesWhat is meant by "strongly typed view data" in Asp.Net MVC ?
View 3 RepliesLong story short, I'm trying to add a few extra items to ViewData to make my life easier, and its an edge case that doesn't really justify its own model just for this one case. Keep reading for more specific details.
So I have a strongly typed edit view for one of my objects, everything works great until I try to put a dropdownlist on the view with an ID that does not match a property of my class.
I have this
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My expectation is that in the controller action that accepts the POST, I will manually use the FormCollection[] to read out that ID and populate MyOtherModel with the correct ID.
all i have this problem
[code]....
MVC :: View strongly typed with (PagedList of xxx?
Have anybody tried to create strongly typed API for ASP.NET MVC 2 async actions?
View 1 RepliesHow much time is spent compiling a view in ASP.NET?Of course I don't expect anyone to give me a number, but I think it's interesting to have an idea of how much time this takes because it could influence the way we implement things.For example, if the time is significant , then I might try to put every result that I need to display in the view in a model class instance (created just to hold the values in such a way that I don't even have to test for objects with null value) and then minimize to the maximum (uh?) the amount of C# code in the view thus decreasing the amount of time necessary to compile the view.Question Does this make sense? Give some thoughts on this one.
View 1 RepliesI have a Strongly typed Dataset TableAdapter in C#, how do I get a single row from it?
View 4 Repliesis it possible to do a batch update in a strongly typed data set? UpdateBatchSize does not seem to be an option once you create a strongly typed dataset.
View 1 RepliesI'm currently working on a 3-tier ASP.NET application (UI, BLL & DAL). The DAL uses a strongly typed dataset that I've created with the VS Dataset Wizard. My question is, what is the best way to handle exceptions originating from the BLL and DAL classes. I googled a bit and it seems that the most commonly used practice is to create DALException and BLLException classes and throw your own message. Is this the way forward? how this can be done for an automatically generated DAL? What are the best practices?
View 1 RepliesCan my strongly typed view use a generic with a constraint? The type I want to pass to the view is
RoleGrantedToPerson<T> where T: Aggregate I don't know what T is at design time, only that it is a child of the base class 'Aggregate' I have tried using
System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<RoleGrantedToPerson<Aggregate>>
but at runtime I get an error that the type of the view model supplied does not match the type required.
Is there some syntax/method to accomplish this?
I am not sure why this happens, but when I have an Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.SomeObject.SomeProperty), when I post, the property of that object is always null.
When I look at the markup generated, I see <input type="text" name="SomeObject_SomeProperty" id="SomeObject.SomeProperty" value = "" />
If I change the helper to Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.SomeObject.SomeProperty, new {id = "SomeProperty"}) the controller is then able to pick the value up. Why is this happening? I feel as though I shouldn't have to be specifiying the id for the textbox as it works when fine when not using child objects on a view model, IE <%: HtmlTextBoxFor(model => model.SomeProperty) %>.
In my Index() function, I have a query which is joining multiple tables. How do I transform this query into the object model which I am going to use in my view?
My view needs ProductInformation object.
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<IEnumerable<MyProject.Models.Objects.ProductInformation>>" %>
The Index method is returning somethig like this:
public ActionResult Index()
{.....
var query = from .... join.... join ....join ....join select new {.....};
return View(query)
}
i m beginner in asp.net mvc , i have strongly typed view and i m passing my dictionary in view as :
Dictionary<Guid,IYummyWebAppMVC.Models.Restaurant.Menu>>" %>