public ActionResult Create()
{
//create a new Model
var newWriter = new ViewModelCreateWriter();
//get the Fks ids
newWriter.MovieAllFK = new int[db.Movies.Count()];
//get the objects
newWriter.MovieAllList = db.Movies.ToList();
return(View(newWriter));
}
public ActionResult Create(ViewModelCreateWriter writer, HttpPostedFileBase photo, DateTime date, int valueButton)
{
var newWriter = new Writer();
writer.MovieAllFK = new int[db.Movies.Count()];
writer.MovieAllList = db.Movies.ToList();
if (valueButton == 1)
{
return(RedirectToAction("Create", "Movies"));
}
//define the writer ID
int newID;
if (db.Writers.Count() == 0)
{
newID = 1;
}
else
{
newID = db.Writers.Max(a => a.ID) + 1;
}
newWriter.ID = newID;
//Name verification
if (writer.Name == null)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Name not found");
return(View(writer));
}
//define the photo path
string photoName = "WriterPhoto" + newID;
string pathPhoto = "";
if (photo == null)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Image not found");
return(View(writer));
}
else
{
if (photo.ContentType == "image/jpeg")
{
photoName = photoName + ".jpg";
newWriter.Photograph = photoName;
pathPhoto = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Multimedia/Writers/"), photoName);
}
else
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Invalid photo");
return(View(writer));
}
}
//Date validation
if (date < DateTime.Now)
{
newWriter.Place_DB = date;
}
else
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Invalid Date");
return(View(writer));
}
//name and bio attribution
newWriter.Name = writer.Name;
newWriter.MiniBio = writer.MiniBio;
//Movies List Validation/attribution
if (writer.MovieFK == null)
{
//writer can be created without a Movie
writer.MovieFK = new int[0];
}
//add a movie
newWriter.MoviesList = new List <Movie> {
};
//each movie selected will be added into the MovieList
foreach (var mov in writer.MovieFK.ToList())
{
Movie movie = db.Movies.Find(mov);
newWriter.MoviesList.Add(movie);
}
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.Writers.Add(newWriter);
db.SaveChanges();
//saves the photo
photo.SaveAs(pathPhoto);
return(RedirectToAction("Index"));
}
return(View(writer));
}