// ############################################################ // HTML Form, using the preferred way, a strongly-typed view model // We ALWAYS use two methods with an HTML Form // 1. One method displays the form // 2. The other method handles the form's posted data public ActionResult ViewModel() { // Fetch from session state List <Person> persons; persons = (List <Person>)Session["persons"] == null ? new List <Person>() : (List <Person>)Session["persons"]; // Create person collection object var personcollection = new PersonCollection() { Persons = persons .OrderBy(ln => ln.LastName) .ThenBy(gn => gn.GivenNames) .ToList() }; // Add a status message switch (persons.Count) { case 0: personcollection.StatusMessage = "(no persons on the list yet)"; break; case 1: personcollection.StatusMessage = "There is 1 person on the list"; break; default: personcollection.StatusMessage = string.Format("There are {0} persons on the list", persons.Count); break; } return(View(personcollection)); }
// ############################################################ // HTML Form, using the preferred way, a strongly-typed view model // We ALWAYS use two methods with an HTML Form // 1. One method displays the form // 2. The other method handles the form's posted data public ActionResult ViewModel() { // Fetch from session state List<Person> persons; persons = (List<Person>)Session["persons"] == null ? new List<Person>() : (List<Person>)Session["persons"]; // Create person collection object var personcollection = new PersonCollection() { Persons = persons .OrderBy(ln => ln.LastName) .ThenBy(gn => gn.GivenNames) .ToList() }; // Add a status message switch (persons.Count) { case 0: personcollection.StatusMessage = "(no persons on the list yet)"; break; case 1: personcollection.StatusMessage = "There is 1 person on the list"; break; default: personcollection.StatusMessage = string.Format("There are {0} persons on the list", persons.Count); break; } return View(personcollection); }