I'm trying
to write an auto-scaffolder for Index views. I'd like
to be able
to pass in a collection of models or view-models (e.g., IQueryable<MyViewModel>) and get back an HTML table that uses the DisplayName attribute for the headings (th elements) and Html.Display(propertyName) for the cells (td elements). Each row should correspond
to one item in the collection.
Here's what I have so far:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>
<%
var items = (IQueryable<TestProj.ViewModels.TestViewModel>)Model;
// Should be generic!
var properties = items.First().GetMetadata().Properties
.Where(pm => pm.ShowForDisplay && !ViewData.TemplateInfo.Visited(pm));
%>
<table>
<tr>
<%
foreach(var property in properties)
{
%>
<th>
<%= property.DisplayName %>
</th>
<%
}
%>
</tr>
<%
foreach(var item in items)
{
%>
<tr>
<%
foreach(var property in properties)
{
%>
<td>
<%= Html.Display(property.DisplayName) %>
// This doesn't work!
</td>
<%
}
%>
</tr>
<%
}
%>
</table>
Two problems with this:
I'd like it
to be generic. So, I'd like
to replace var items = (IQueryable<TestProj.ViewModels.TestViewModel>)Model; with var items = (IQueryable<T>)Model; or something
to that effect.
The <td> elements are not working because the Html in <%= Html.Display(property.DisplayName) %> contains the model for the view, which is a collection of items, not the item itself. Somehow, I need
to obtain an HtmlHelper object whose Model property is the current item, but I'm not sure how
to do that.
How do I solve these two problems?
