Question

I have a fairly simple scenario

I have an action method in my controller with syntax like that

[HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Consignment(string txtConsNo, string isReferenceTracking)
    {}

Not in a page I need to create an hyperlink in application which needs to access this action method. I am using HTML.ActionLink method to create hyperlink like this

        @Html.ActionLink((string)item.RDC_CONSNO, "Consignment", "Tracking", new { txtConsNo = (string)item.RDC_CONSNO, rdbConsNo = "" }, null)

But it creates the link like this

http://localhost:3412/Tracking/Consignment?txtConsNo=100245506

How should I go around this?

Thanks

Answer 1

I’m guessing from your use of item instead of a model that you’re rendering the links in a loop? In any case, I’d suggest adding a form and having the link post it; the link(s) would be like this:

@Html.ActionLink(
    (string)item.RDC_CONSNO,
    "Consignment", 
    "Tracking",
    new { @class = "consignmentLink" });

…then after the loop (if there is one) you put in a form and some wire-up JavaScript, like this:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Consignment", "Tracking"))
{
    @:<input type="hidden" id="txtConsNo" name="txtConsNo" />
}

$("a.consignmentLink").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var $consignmentNumberInput = $("#txtConsNo");
    $consignmentNumberInput.val($(this).text());
    $consignmentNumberInput[0].form.submit();
});

To populate your action’s isReferenceTracking parameter you could add another hidden field and have that value as a data- attribute on each link.