Question

I have the following code. Note that I am not using a using as I want to begin and end the form in two different areas of my code. Has anyone seen this action where the helper adds “System.Web.Mvc.Html.MvcForm”. I cannot see why this is added.

Code:
 @Html.BeginForm(new { action = ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue })

@{ Html.EndForm() }

Result:
<form action="/adminTests/Edit" method="post">System.Web.Mvc.Html.MvcForm

When I use the following I don’t get the “System.Web.Mvc.Html.MvcForm”

    @using (Html.BeginForm(new { action = ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue }))
    {

}

Answer 1

The BeginForm/EndForm helpers don’t return a IHtmlResult so you should use them like this:

@{ Html.BeginForm(new { action = ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue }); }

    ...

@{ Html.EndForm(); }