I want to create controls in view dynamically depending on source if type = text box create text box if it is check box create check box dynamically in MVC. Below is my current code
@model PayTxn.Miscellaneous.Models.SurveyViewModel
@using PayTxn.Miscellaneous.Models
@{ int index = 0;}
@for (int i = 0; i < Model.ControlsList.Length; i++)
{
var control = Model.ControlsList[i];
if (control.Type == "radio")
{
Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_RadioBoxViewModel.cshtml", control as RadioBoxViewModel, new ViewDataDictionary { { "index", index } });
}
else if (control.Type == "checkbox")
{
Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_CheckBoxViewModel.cshtml", control as CheckBoxViewModel, new ViewDataDictionary { { "index", index } });
}
else if (control.Type == "textbox")
{
Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_TextBoxViewModel.cshtml", control as TextBoxViewModel, new ViewDataDictionary { { "index", index } });
}
else if (control.Type == "rattingbox")
{
Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_RattingBoxViewModel.cshtml", control as RattingBoxViewModel, new ViewDataDictionary { { "index", index } });
}
else if (control.Type == "slider")
{
Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_SliderViewModel.cshtml", control as SliderViewModel, new ViewDataDictionary { { "index", index } });
}
index = index + 1;
}
<input type="submit" name="action:Submit1" value="Submit1" />
<input type="submit" name="action:Reset" value="Reset" />
it works fine but on click of submit1 button my view is not tightly bound to model Model code is
public class SurveyViewModel
{
//public List<ControlViewModel> ControlsList { get; set;
public ControlViewModel[] ControlsList { get; set; }
}
public abstract class ControlViewModel
{
public abstract string Type { get; }
public bool Visible { get; set; }
public string Label { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
public class TextBoxViewModel : ControlViewModel
{
public override string Type
{
get { return "textbox"; }
}
public string Value { get; set; }
}
public class RadioBoxViewModel : ControlViewModel
{
public List<string> Options { get; set; }
public List<string> Values { get; set; }
public override string Type
{
get { return "radio"; }
}
}
public class CheckBoxViewModel : ControlViewModel
{
public List<string> Options { get; set; }
public List<string> Values { get; set; }
public override string Type
{
get { return "checkbox"; }
}
public bool Value { get; set; }
}
public class SliderViewModel : ControlViewModel
{
public override string Type
{
get { return "slider"; }
}
public string Value { get; set; }
}
public class RattingBoxViewModel : ControlViewModel
{
public List<string> Titles { get; set; }
public List<string> Rattings { get; set; }
public string _rattingType = null;
public string RattingType
{
get
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_rattingType))
return "star";
else
return _rattingType;
}
set
{
_rattingType = value;
}
}
public override string Type
{
get { return "rattingbox"; }
}
public bool Value { get; set; }
}
Hey i solved this issue by creating custom model binder here is code
public class ControlModelBinder : DefaultModelBinder
{
protected override object CreateModel(ControllerContext controllerContext, ModelBindingContext bindingContext, Type modelType)
{
var datalist = controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Form.GetEnumerator();
SurveyViewModel model = new SurveyViewModel();
model.ControlsList = new List<ControlViewModel>();
List<string> answers = new List<string>();
while (datalist.MoveNext())
{
string currentKey = datalist.Current.ToString();
if (currentKey.Contains("TextBoxViewModel"))
{
TextBoxViewModel textBoxViewModel = new TextBoxViewModel();
textBoxViewModel.Value = controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Form[currentKey];
model.ControlsList.Add(textBoxViewModel);
}
else if (currentKey.Contains("CheckBoxViewModel"))
{
CheckBoxViewModel checkboxviewmodel = new CheckBoxViewModel();
checkboxviewmodel.SelectedValues = controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Form[currentKey];
model.ControlsList.Add(checkboxviewmodel);
}
else if (currentKey.Contains("RadioBoxViewModel"))
{
RadioBoxViewModel radioboxviewmodel = new RadioBoxViewModel();
radioboxviewmodel.SelectedValue = controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Form[currentKey];
model.ControlsList.Add(radioboxviewmodel);
}
else if (currentKey.Contains("RattingBoxViewModel"))
{
RattingBoxViewModel rattingboxviewmodel = new RattingBoxViewModel();
rattingboxviewmodel.Score = controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Form[currentKey];
model.ControlsList.Add(rattingboxviewmodel);
}
else if (currentKey.Contains("SliderViewModel"))
{
SliderViewModel sliderviewmodel = new SliderViewModel();
sliderviewmodel.Value = controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Form[currentKey];
model.ControlsList.Add(sliderviewmodel);
}
}
return model;
}
}