How do I perform a secondary action (i.e. calculate fields) in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I need to do some calculations on an ASP.NET MVC View, an action different than the form submission. I\'ve tried various methods of passing the current Model on to a new con

Answer 1

[Saw your comments; I'll repost this answer here so you can mark the question resolved, and mark it community wiki so I don't get rep for it - Dylan]

Give your submit buttons a name, and then inspect the submitted value in your controller method:

<% Html.BeginForm("MyAction", "MyController", FormMethod.Post); %>


<% Html.EndForm(); %>

posting to

public class MyController : Controller {
    public ActionResult MyAction(string submitButton) {
        switch(submitButton) {
            case "Send":
                // delegate sending to another controller action
                return(Send());
            case "Cancel":
                // call another action to perform the cancellation
                return(Cancel());
            default:
                // If they've submitted the form without a submitButton, 
                // just return the view again.
                return(View());
        }
    }

    private ActionResult Cancel() {
        // process the cancellation request here.
        return(View("Cancelled"));
    }

    private ActionResult Send() {
        // perform the actual send operation here.
        return(View("SendConfirmed"));
    }

}