Is it possible to convert formcollection
to a 'model' known?
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Settings(FormCollection fc)
{
var model=(Student)fc; // Error: Can't convert type 'FormCollection' to 'Student'
}
NOTE : for some reasons i can't use ViewModel instead.
Here is my code VIEW: Settings.cshtml
@model MediaLibrarySetting
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Library Settings";
var extensions = (IQueryable<MediaLibrarySetting>)(ViewBag.Data);
}
@helper EntriForm(MediaLibrarySetting cmodel)
{
<form action='@Url.Action("Settings", "MediaLibrary")' id='[email protected]' method='post' style='min-width:170px' class="smart-form">
@Html.HiddenFor(model => cmodel.MediaLibrarySettingID)
<div class='input'>
<label>
New File Extension:@Html.TextBoxFor(model => cmodel.Extention, new { @class = "form-control style-0" })
</label>
<small>@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => cmodel.Extention)</small>
</div>
<div>
<label class='checkbox'>
@Html.CheckBoxFor(model => cmodel.AllowUpload, new { @class = "style-0" })<i></i>
<span>Allow Upload.</span></label>
</div>
<div class='form-actions'>
<div class='row'>
<div class='col col-md-12'>
<button class='btn btn-primary btn-sm' type='submit'>SUBMIT</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
}
<tbody>
@foreach (var item in extensions)
{
if (item != null)
{
<tr>
<td>
<label class="checkbox">
<input type="checkbox" value="@item.MediaLibrarySettingID"/><i></i>
</label>
</td>
<td>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="popover" class="editable-click"
data-placement="right"
data-original-title="<i class='fa fa-fw fa-pencil'></i> File Extension"
data-content="@EntriForm(item).ToString().Replace("\"", "'")"
data-html="true">@item.Extention</a></td>
</tr>
}
}
</tbody>
CONTROLLER:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Settings(FormCollection fc)//MediaLibrarySetting cmodel - Works fine for cmodel
{
var model =(MediaLibrarySetting)(fc);// Error: Can't convert type 'FormCollection' to 'MediaLibrarySetting'
}
data-content
and data-
attributes are bootstrap popover.
Another approach in MVC is to use TryUpdateModel.
Example: TryUpdateModel or UpdateModel will read from the posted form collection and attempt to map it to your type. I find this more elegant than manually mapping the fields by hand.
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Settings()
{
var model = new Student();
UpdateModel<Student>(model);
return View(model);
}