Question

MvcContrib GridModel : Is it possible to do ActionSyntax in a GridModel
I’ve read this article and it’s quite useful but I can’t apply this. I don’t know if in the newest MVCContrib, they removed the “.Action()” because somehow I cannot access this.

Is there someway i can put the ActionLink of the edit link into a grid model?

Thank you

Answer 1

It seems that the old method has been removed.

Here’s how to do it now:

VB.NET

First, you pass the Html object into the gridmodel class through the constructor, then you can use it from within the gridmodel class.

Imports MvcContrib.UI.Grid

Public Class PersonGridModel
    Inherits GridModel(Of Person)

    Public Sub New(ByVal html as HtmlHelper)
        Column.For(Function(u) html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", "Person", New With {.id = u.PersonId}, Nothing)).DoNotEncode()
    End Sub
End Class

Then, in your view you pass it through the constructor:

<%=Html.Grid(Model).WithModel(New MemberRetentionTrackingSystem.InboundCallGridViewModel(Html))%>

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C#

GridModel:

public class PersonGridModel : GridModel {
    public PersonGridModel(HtmlHelper html) {
        Column.For(u => html.ActionLink(“Edit”, “Edit”, “Person”)).DoNotEncode();
    }
}

View:

< %= Html.Grid(ViewData.Model).WithModel(new PersonGridModel(Html)) %>

REFERENCE: http://www.jeremyskinner.co.uk/2009/02/22/rewriting-the-mvccontrib-grid-part-2-new-syntax/ (see comment from Amitabh)