ASP.NET MVC Passing models by ActionLink

Question

I would like to pass a model and an int to a controller upon clicking an ActionLink.

@Html.ActionLink(\"Next\", \"Lookup\", \"User\         


        

Answer 1

You can't use an ActionLink to pass properties with a Link but you can do the following to get the same behavior.

  
  Go To User

If you create a helper to generate these GET forms, you will be able to style them like they are regular link buttons. The only thing I caution against is that ALL forms on the page are susceptible to modification so I wouldn't trust the data. I'd rather just pull the data again when you get to where you are going.

I use the technique above when creating search actions and want to retain a search history and keep the back button working.

Hope this helps,

Khalid :)

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P.S.

The reason this works.

@Html.ActionLink("Next", "Lookup", "User", Model.UserLookupViewModel, null)

Is because the parameter list of the ActionLink method is generalized to take an object, so it will take anything. What it will do with that object is pass it to a RouteValueDictionary and then try to create a querystring based on the properties of that object.

If you say that method is working above, you could also just try adding a new property to the viewmodel called Id and it will work like you wanted it to.