Trying to get started with FormFactory.AspMvc

[craig2l]

Sorry to ask such a naïve question, but I am just starting with FormFactory.AspMvc and haven't been able to get off ground. Downloaded Nuget packages (including AspMvc and Templates). Placed the following in one of my edit forms (cshtml): @Html.PropertiesFor(Model).Render(Html)

PropertiesFor is not recognized. No doubt doing something stupid. Thanks, Craig

[mcintyre321]

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[craig2l]

Harry, thanks for the quick reply. I had the second reference but not the first. Works like a charm. Very impressive what you’ve done. Now I’m just trying to figure out where I alter things in your templates to make the labels adjacent to the values (think the bootstrap class I want is form-horizontal).

This is indeed a very nice contribution to the community.

Craig

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[craig2l]

Harry,

Sorry to bother you with another question. Incidentally, I am starting to get comfortable with modifying your various templates and did successfully make the change to make my form horizontal and changed the format of the date as well.

Now trying to suppress the display of my Id column. In my model I have the Id field set to [HiddenInput(DisplayValue = false)]. When I’m debugging, however, in Form.Property.cshtml, the Model.IsHidden value is false, but the Model.GetCustomAttributes() returns System.Web.Mvc.HiddenInputAttribute. Any guidance here? Thank you!

Craig

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If you look at PropertyVm.cs#L58

 IsHidden = pi.GetCustomAttributes(true).OfType<DataTypeAttribute>().Any(x => x.CustomDataType == "Hidden");

so you need to use:

[DataType("Hidden")] 

rather than the Mvc attribute. It's been a while since I wrote this, but I think this is probably to avoid a dependency on Mvc in the core library. If I ever get the time, I'd like to create a/ a pluggable way to add support for external attributes, and b/ a set of built in attributes, and c/ some better documentation!

[craig2l]

Harry,

Thank you for taking the time to answer this; I really appreciate your generosity.

I actually “solved” this issue myself, though I’m sure in a much less elegant manner than your solution. In the Form.Property.cshml, at the top where you check for:

If (Model.IsHidden)…

I replaced this with:

If (Model.IsHidden || Model.GetCustomAttributes().OfType(System.Mvc.HiddenInputAttribute>.Count > 0)…

It works, but you’ve shown me that this code should obviously be pushed down into the IsHidden call. Thank you! Again, an impressive product!

Craig

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If you look at PropertyVm.cs#L58 https://github.com/mcintyre321/FormFactory/blob/f391a4c8920f6dae9b38fcfdee1d301b75379d9b/FormFactory/PropertyVm.cs#L58

IsHidden = pi.GetCustomAttributes(true).OfType().Any(x => x.CustomDataType == "Hidden");

so you need to use:

[DataType("Hidden")]

rather than the Mvc attribute. It's been a while since I wrote this, but I think this is probably to avoid a dependency on Mvc in the core library. If I ever get the time, I'd like to create a/ a pluggable way to add support for external attributes, and b/ a set of built in attributes, and c/ some better documentation!

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