Difference between DropDownlist or DropDownListFor Html helper
It seems weird that I couldn’t find an explanation of the difference between those two helpers, so I would assume that is something obvious but I missed.
asp.net-mvc
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MVC4 + Entity Framework 4.4 + MySql + POCO/Code First
Get DisplayName Attribute without using LabelFor Helper in asp.net MVC
What is the best way to retrieve the display name attribute for an item in your model? I see a lot of people using the LabelFor helper for everything, but a label isn’t appropriate if I just want to list the data out. Is there an easy way just get the Name Attribute if I just want to print it out in, say a paragraph?
Change User Id type to int in ASP.NET Identity in VS2015
By default ASP.NET Identity in VS 2015 uses a string as a primary key for AspNet*** tables. I wanted to to use int-typed id’s instead. After some research it turned out that different typed id’s are supported by the framework out of the box. In the answer below I will show what changes to make to achieve that.
ASP.net MVC4 WebApi route with file-name in it
I’m trying to get the following (and similar) urls to work in my ASP.net MVC4/WebApi project:
Unit Testing ASP.NET DataAnnotations validation
I am using DataAnnotations for my model validation i.e.
What’s the best method in ASP.NET to obtain the current domain?
I am wondering what the best way to obtain the current domain is in ASP.NET?
MvcSiteMap generating a Menu without messing the breadcumbs
I’m configuring my asp.net mvc 5 app to use MvcSiteMap library. So, far I could successfully configure the breadcumbs.
However, the template for a menu is rather more complicated than the breadcumbs. I have the mustache version of the menu (I didn’t show the ul tag):
asp.net mvc Adding to the AUTHORIZE attribute
How do I create a custom attribute to extend existing Authorize attribute in MVC?
Data Annotations for validation, at least one required field?
If I have a search object with a list of fields, can I, using the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace, set it up to validate that at least one of the fields in the search is not null or empty? i.e All the fields are optional but at least one should always be entered.