Adding views in ASP.NET MVC Application


Introduction

This is the simple application for beginners that help to how to add more then one view in a ASP.NET MVC application. We have know that MVC is the integrated module that inbuilt on a three separated words Models,Views,Controllers. Now in this application we have create the multiple view. We know that the in ASP.NET MVC application Model fields is provide the business logic. View fields is provide the graphical user interface and last controller field handle the all request provide by model and view. ASP.NET MVC is the advance version of ASP.NET that used to developed the flexible web application. In this article we have create the more then one view in single ASP.NET MVC application that name is create,index,details,delete and edit.  

Step 1 : Open Visual Studio 2010.

  • Go to file -> New->Projects
  • Create an ASP.NET MVC 2 Empty Web Application
  • Name it as "Tomapplication"

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Step 2 : Add a class in the model folder

  • Right click on the Models folder ->add new items->add class
  • Name of Class is "Person"
  • In a class define the properties

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Step 3 : Define the properties of the class.

Code 

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Step 4 : Add a controller.

  • Right click on the Controllers folder ->add->Controllers
  • Name of Controllers is "Home"
  • In a controller, define the request
  • Add the namespace "using Tomapplication1.Models"

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Step 5 : Write a code on controller.

Code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Tomapplication1.Models;
namespace Tomapplication1.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /Home/
        static List<Person> people = new List<Person>();
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(people);
        }
        //
        // GET: /Home/Details/5
        public ActionResult Details(Person people)}
        {
            return View(people);
        }
        //
        // GET: /Home/Create
        public ActionResult Create()
        {
            return View();
        }
        //
        // POST: /Home/Create
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Create(Person p)
        {
            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                return View("Create", p);
            }
            people.Add(p);
                     }    
       return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }
       //
        // GET: /Home/Edit/5
        public ActionResult Edit(int id)
        {
           Person p = new Person();
            foreach (Person pn in people)
            {
                if (pn.Id == id)
                {
                    p.Name = pn.Name;
                    p.Age = pn.Age;
                    p.Id = pn.Id;
                    p.Phone = pn.Phone;
                    p.Email = pn.Email;
                }
            }
            return View(p);
        }
        //
        // POST: /Home/Edit/5
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Edit(int id, FormCollection collection)
        {
            try
            {
                // TODO: Add update logic here
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            catch
            {
                return View();
            }
        }
        //
        // GET: /Home/Delete/5
        public ActionResult Delete(int id)
        {
            Person p = new Person();
            foreach (Person pn in people)
            {
                if (pn.Id == id)
                {
                    p.Name = pn.Name;
                    p.Age = pn.Age;
                    p.Id = pn.Id;
                    p.Phone = pn.Phone;
                    p.Email = pn.Email;
               }
            }
            return View(p);
        }
        //
        // POST: /Home/Delete/5|
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Delete(int id, FormCollection collection)
        {
            try
            {
                // TODO: Add delete logic here
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            catch
            {
                return View();
            }
        }
    }
}

Step 6 : After that we create the views.

  • Right click on the Index Method -> Add View
  • View name same as "Index"
  • Create a Strong type View
  • When you create the Strong type view automatically take the namespace and class name

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Code

<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<IEnumerable<Tomapplication1.Models.Person>>" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Index</title
>
</head>
<
body bgcolor="#6699ff">
<h2>This is Tom application</h2>
    <table>
        <tr>
            <th></th>
            <th>
                Id
            </th>
            <th>
                Name
            </th>
            <th>
                Age
            </th>
            <th>
                Phone
            </th>
            <th>
                Email
            </th>
        </tr>
    <% foreach (var item in Model) { %>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <%: Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new/*id=item.PrimaryKey*/  }) %> |
                <%: Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ })%> |
                <%: Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ })%>
            </td>
            <td>
                <%: item.Id %>
            </td>
           <td>
                <%: item.Name %>
            </td>
            <td>
                <%: item.Age %>
            </td>
            <td>
                <%: item.Phone %>
            </td>
            <td>
                <%: item.Email %>
            </td>
        </tr>
    <% } %>
    </table>
    <p>
        <%: Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create") %>
    </p
>
</body>
</
html>

Step 6 : Add the second view that name is create view.

  • Right click on the create Method -> Add View
  • View name same as "create"
  • Create a Strong type View
  • When you create the Strong type view automatically take the namespace and class name

view.gif

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Code

<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<Tomapplication1.Models.Person>" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Create</title
>
</head>
<
body bgcolor="#ff9999">
    <% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%>
        <%: Html.ValidationSummary(true) %>
        <fieldset>
            <legend>Fields</legend>
            <div class="editor-label">
               <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Id) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Id) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Id) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Name) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Age) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Age) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Age) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Phone) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Phone) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Phone) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Email) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Email) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Email) %>
            </div>
            <p>
                <input type="submit" value="Create" />
            </p>
        </fieldset>
    <% } %>
    <div>
        <%: Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index") %>
    </div
>
</body>
</
html>

Step 7 : Add the third view that name is detail view.

  • Right click on the detail Method -> Add View
  • View name same as "detail"
  • Create a Strong type View
  • When you create the Strong type view automatically take the namespace and class name

view.gif

detailsview.gif

Code

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Step 8 : Add the four view that name is delete view.

  • Right click on the delete Method -> Add View
  • View name same as "delete"
  • Create a Strong type View
  • When you create the Strong type view automatically take the namespace and class name

view.gif

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Code

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Step 9 :  Add the four view that name is edit view.

  • Right click on the edit Method -> Add View
  • View name same as "edit"
  • Create a Strong type View
  • When you create the Strong type view automatically take the namespace and class name

view.gif

editview.gif

Code

<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<Tomapplication1.Models.Person>" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Edit</title>
</head>
<
body>
    <% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%>
        <%: Html.ValidationSummary(true) %>
        <fieldset>
            <legend>Fields</legend>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Id) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Id) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Id) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Name) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Age) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Age) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Age) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Phone) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Phone) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Phone) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-label">
                <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Email) %>
            </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Email) %>
                <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Email) %>
            </div>
            <p>
                <input type="submit" value="Save" />
            </p>
        </fieldset>
    <% } %>
    <div>
        <%: Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index") %>
    </div>
</body>
</
html>

Step10: Press ctrl+F5 run application.

Output

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