Introduction
In this article we post data from a view to a controller using a form and get the data using a value provider.
To post data from a view to a controller, we saw the following methods:
- Using Html.BeginForm() View To Controller Method 1
- Using Html.BeginForm() by passing action name and controller name explicitly View To Controller Method 2
- Using Html.BeginForm() by passing FormMethod View To Controller Method 3
- Using Html.BeginForm() by calling action method by action name View To Controller Method 4
- Using Html.BeginForm() and request object View To Controller Method 5
- Using Html form element and request object View To Controller Method 6
Step 1
Create a MVC project from the "Empty" template.
Right-click on "Controllers" and select "Add" >> "Controller...".
Step 2
Select "MVC 5 Controller - Empty" to add an empty controller.
Click on the "Add" button.
Step 3
Name the controller "CalcController".
The Index() action result method will be added.
Step 4
To add a view, right-click on "Index" and select "Add View...".
Step 5
Name the view and select "Empty (without model)" as the template. Click on the "Add" button.
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Step 6
Create a HTML form element and define input controls inside the form element and set post method.
Step 7
Valueprovider gets or sets the value provider for the controller. Getvalue retrieves a value object using the specified key and key is of the value object to retrieve. Attemptedvalue gets or sets a rawvalue that is converted to a string for display. You can use ValueProvider.GetValue(“key”).RawValue but we need to consider that it is not always a string.
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Step 8
Run the project, insert a value for no1 and no2 and click on the "Submit" button. The form will be submitted and we will get the sum of the two values.
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