asp.net mvc set action explicitly

Question

I have 2 views for a input operation in my application.

The first view (lets call it view1) submits a form. Based on the form some operations on database is done and second view(View2) is returned with some other data from the database as a model.

controller action code :

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult View1(FormCollection fc)
{
   //database ops to fill vm properties    
   View2ViewModel vm=new View2ViewModel();

   return View("View2", vm);
}

Now, since I return a new view and not a action redirect the url is still http://www.url.com/View1 but everything works as it is supposed to.

The problem:

When I submit the form in View2 it calls the View1 action method, not the View2 action method. Probably because the url is still View1.

What can I do to call the action View2

**Chaining ASP.NET MVC actions**<br> jwbs-blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/chaining-aspnet-mvc-actions.html — Robert Harvey
– Robert Harvey, Commented Feb 7, 2010 at 7:07

Robert Harvey · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-07 07:14:11Z

1

Your controller methods should look something like this:

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get)]
public ActionResult View1(int id)
{
   //database ops to fill vm properties    
   View1ViewModel vm=new View1ViewModel(id);

   return View("View1", vm);
}

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult View1(FormCollection fc)
{
   // Code here to do something with FormCollection, and get id for
   // View2 database lookup

   return RedirectToAction("View2", id);
}

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get)]
public ActionResult View2(int id)
{
   // Do something with FormCollection 

   return View("View2", vm);
}

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult View2(int id)
{
   // Do something with FormCollection 

   return RedirectToAction("View3", id);
}

...and so on.

answered Feb 7, 2010 at 7:14

Robert Harvey

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Omu · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-07 07:08:28Z

0

You can be in any View you want and submit the form to any controller's action from your application, cuz you can specify that

<% using (Html.BeginForm("ThAction", "Controller"))
   { %>

   Enter your name: <%= Html.TextBox("name") %>
   <input type="submit" value="Submit" />

<% } %>

answered Feb 7, 2010 at 7:08

Omu

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