/// <summary>
/// Returns a ViewResult to display an "Index" view from which the user may select a row to edit (or view details that may be hidden)
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public virtual ActionResult Index()
{
SetupIndex();
string[] propertyNames = GetPropertyNames();
string[] customColumnNames = GetPropertyColumnNames();
ExpressFormsIndexHeader indexHeader = new ExpressFormsIndexHeader();
indexHeader.Initialize(customColumnNames, IndexButtons, ControllerContext);
IEnumerable <ExpressFormsIndexRecord> indexRecords = Exchange.Get().ToList()
.Select(r =>
{
ExpressFormsIndexRecord indexRecord = new ExpressFormsIndexRecord();
indexRecord.Initialize <T, TId>(r, GetIdFromRecord(r), propertyNames, IndexButtons, CustomPropertyDisplay, ControllerContext);
return(indexRecord);
});
ExpressFormsIndexViewModel model = new ExpressFormsIndexViewModel()
{
Title = IndexTitle == null ? typeof(T).Name : IndexTitle,
ShowAddNewButton = ShowIndexAddNewButton,
GetAjaxUrl = Url.Action("GetAjax", QueryStringUtility.CurrentQueryStringAsRouteValues), // pass the query string values in the URL in case they are needed to retrieve data.
GetIndexFilterAutocompleteDataUrl = Url.Action("GetIndexFilterAutocompleteData", QueryStringUtility.CurrentQueryStringAsRouteValues),
IndexHeader = indexHeader,
IndexRecords = indexRecords,
Filters = GetIndexFilters(),
FilterPlacement = IndexFilterPlacement,
RecordType = typeof(T)
};
return(View(IndexViewName, model));
}
public virtual ActionResult GetAjax()
{
SetupIndex();
HtmlHelper helper = new HtmlHelper(new ViewContext(ControllerContext, new WebFormView(ControllerContext, "omg"), new ViewDataDictionary(), new TempDataDictionary(), new System.IO.StringWriter()), new ViewPage());
// Here, we need to use the property names from the class definition, not the column names that we display.
string[] propertyNames = typeof(T).GetProperties()
.Where(p => !IgnoredPropertyNames.Contains(p.Name))
.Select(p => p.Name)
.ToArray();
// This is expected to set up the filter and pagination (and the sorting, once that is set up)
IndexAjaxExtension.Initialize(ControllerContext, propertyNames);
int totalRecordCount = Exchange.Get().Count();
string AdvancedSearchJson = Request["ef_Filter"];
JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
Dictionary <string, Dictionary <string, string> > filterEntries = serializer.Deserialize <Dictionary <string, Dictionary <string, string> > >(AdvancedSearchJson);
Dictionary <string, ExpressFormsFilter> indexFilters = GetIndexFilters();
IEnumerable <T> filteredRecords = IndexAjaxExtension.RecordFilter.GetFilteredRecords <T>(Exchange.Get(), indexFilters, filterEntries);
int filteredRecordCount = IndexAjaxExtension.RecordFilter.GetFilteredRecords <T>(Exchange.Get(), indexFilters, filterEntries).Count();
IEnumerable <T> sortedRecords = IndexAjaxExtension.RecordSorting.GetSortedRecords <T>(filteredRecords);
IEnumerable <T> pageOfRecords = IndexAjaxExtension.RecordPagination.GetPageOfRecords <T>(sortedRecords);
IEnumerable <ExpressFormsIndexRecord> indexRecords =
pageOfRecords.Select(r =>
{
ExpressFormsIndexRecord indexRecord = new ExpressFormsIndexRecord();
indexRecord.Initialize <T, TId>(r, GetIdFromRecord(r), propertyNames, IndexButtons, CustomPropertyDisplay, ControllerContext);
return(indexRecord);
});
var retval = new
{
iTotalRecords = totalRecordCount, // number of records in database before filtering
iTotalDisplayRecords = filteredRecordCount, // number of records that match filter, not just on this page.
aaData = indexRecords.Select(x => x.FieldHtml)
};
return(Json(retval, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet));
} // end function GetAjax
