asp.net-mvc-2

I am creating a document library application with a DocumentController that needs to upload a thumbnail image of each doument in the library. I want to keep the File Upload field on the same Create/Edit form as the other fields (Title, Description, CategoryId etc). The problem is I'm not sure if I can mix or nest the form tags for Html.BeginForm("Create", "Document", FormMethod.Post, enctype = "multipart/form-data") and Html.BeginForm() My view is as follows: <%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<Publications.WebUI.Models

In an effort to understand MVC 2 and attempt to get my company to adopt it as a viable platform for future development, I have been doing a lot of reading lately. Having worked with ASP.NET pretty exclusively for the past few years, I had some catching up to do. Currently, I understand the repository pattern, models, controllers, data annotations, etc. But there is one thing that is keeping me from completely understanding enough to start work on a reference application. The first is the Service Layer Pattern. I have read many blog posts and questions here on Stack Overflow, but I still don't

I use AutoMapper to map my domain objects to my view models. I have metadata in my domain layer, that I would like to carry over to the view layer and into ModelMetadata. (This metadata is not UI logic, but provides necessary information to my views). Right now, my solution is to use a separate MetadataProvider (independently of ASP.NET MVC), and use conventions to apply the relevant metadata to the ModelMetadata object via an AssociatedMetadataProvider. The problem with this approach is that I have to test for the same conventions when binding the ModelMetadata from the domain as I do with my

Good day! I've such method to get [DisplayName] attribute value of a property (which is attached directly or using [MetadataType] attribute). I use it in rare cases where I need to get [DisplayName] in controller code. public static class MetaDataHelper { public static string GetDisplayName(Type dataType, string fieldName) { // First look into attributes on a type and it's parents DisplayNameAttribute attr; attr = (DisplayNameAttribute)dataType.GetProperty(fieldName).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayNameAttribute), true).SingleOrDefault(); // Look for [MetadataType] attribute in type

Simple question, if you use the Html Helper from ASP.NET MVC Framework 1 it is easy to set a default value on a textbox because there is an overload Html.TextBox(string name, object value) . When I tried using the Html.TextBoxFor method, my first guess was to try the following which did not work: <%: Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Age, new { value = "0"}) %> Should I just stick with Html.TextBox(string, object) for now? you can try this <%= Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Age, new { @Value = "0"}) %> This should work for MVC3 & MVC4 @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Age, new { @Value = "12" }) If you want it to be a

How can I test that my controller action is putting the correct errors in the ModelState when validating an entity, when I'm using DataAnnotation validation in MVC 2 Preview 1? Some code to illustrate. First, the action: [HttpPost] public ActionResult Index(BlogPost b) { if(ModelState.IsValid) { _blogService.Insert(b); return(View("Success", b)); } return View(b); } And here's a failing unit test that I think should be passing but isn't (using MbUnit & Moq): [Test] public void When_processing_invalid_post_HomeControllerModelState_should_have_at_least_one_error() { // arrange var mockRepository