ASP.Net MVC: Calling a method from a view

Question

In my MVC app the controller gets the data (model) from an external API (so there is no model class being used) and passes that to the view. The data (model) has a container

Answer 1

You can implement a static formatting method or an HTML helper, then use this syntaxe :

@using class_of_method_namespace
...
// HTML page here
@className.MethodName()

or in case of HTML Helper

@Html.MehtodName()

Answer 2

Building on Amine's answer, create a helper like:

public static class HtmlHelperExtensions
{
    public static MvcHtmlString CurrencyFormat(this HtmlHelper helper, string value)
    {
        var result = string.Format("{0:C2}", value);
        return new MvcHtmlString(result);
    }
}

in your view: use @Html.CurrencyFormat(model.value)

If you are doing simple formating like Standard Numeric Formats, then simple use string.Format() in your view like in the helper example above:

@string.Format("{0:C2}", model.value)

Answer 3

why You don't use Ajax to

its simple and does not require page refresh and has success and error callbacks

take look at my samlpe

<a id="ResendVerificationCode" >@Resource_en.ResendVerificationCode</a>

and in JQuery

 $("#ResendVerificationCode").on("click", function() {
                getUserbyPhoneIfNotRegisterd($("#phone").val());
 });

and this is my ajax which call my controller and my controller and return object from database

function getUserbyPhoneIfNotRegisterd(userphone) {

              $.ajax({
                    type: "GET",
                    dataType: "Json",
                    url: '@Url.Action("GetUserByPhone", "User")' + '?phone=' + userphone,
                    async: false,
                    success: function(data) {
                        if (data == null || data.data == null) {
                            ErrorMessage("", "@Resource_en.YourPhoneDoesNotExistInOurDatabase");
                        } else {
                            user = data[Object.keys(data)[0]];
                                AddVereCode(user.ID);// anather Ajax call 
                                SuccessMessage("Done", "@Resource_en.VerificationCodeSentSuccessfully", "Done");
                        }
                    },
                    error: function() {
                        ErrorMessage("", '@Resource_en.ErrorOccourd');
                    }
                });
            }

Answer 4

This is how you call an instance method on the Controller:

@{
  ((HomeController)this.ViewContext.Controller).Method1();
}

This is how you call a static method in any class

@{
    SomeClass.Method();
}

This will work assuming the method is public and visible to the view.

Answer 5

I tried lashrah's answer and it worked after changing syntax a little bit. this is what worked for me:

@(
  ((HomeController)this.ViewContext.Controller).Method1();
)

Answer 6

You should not call a controller from the view.

Add a property to your view model, set it in the controller, and use it in the view.

Here is an example:

MyViewModel.cs:

public class MyViewModel
{   ...
    public bool ShowAdmin { get; set; }
}

MyController.cs:

public ViewResult GetAdminMenu()
    {
        MyViewModelmodel = new MyViewModel();            

        model.ShowAdmin = userHasPermission("Admin"); 

        return View(model);
    }

MyView.cshtml:

@model MyProj.ViewModels.MyViewModel


@if (@Model.ShowAdmin)
{
   <!-- admin links here-->
}

..\Views\Shared\ _Layout.cshtml:

    @using MyProj.ViewModels.Common;
....
    <div>    
        @Html.Action("GetAdminMenu", "Layout")
    </div>