Hi guys,
I'm having trouble with one particular issue, I was hoping someone could help me out.
I've completed
the MVC Music Store tutorial, and now I'm trying to add some administrator functionality - practice as I will have to do this in an MVC application in my job.
The application is using
the aspnet membership api, and what I have done so far is created a view to list
the users.
What I want to be able to do, is click on
the users name in order to change their password. To try and carry
the username to
the changeUserPassword controller (custom made). I registered a new route in
the global.asax.cs file in order to display
the username in
the URL, which is working so far.
UserList View
<%: Html.RouteLink(user.UserName, "AdminPassword", new { controller="StoreManager", action="changeUserPassword", username = user.UserName }) %>
Global.asax.cs
routes.MapRoute(
"AdminPassword", //Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{username}", //URL with parameters
new { controller = "StoreManager", action = "changeUserPassword", username = UrlParameter.Optional}
);
So now
the URL looks like this when I reach
the changeUserPassword view:
http://localhost:51236/StoreManager/changeUserPassword/Administrator
Here is
the GET changeUserPassword action:
public ActionResult changeUserPassword(string username)
{
ViewData["username"] = username;
return View();
}
I wanted to store
the username in ViewData as I would like to use it in
the GET changeUserPassword for display purposes, and also as a hidden value in
the form. This is in order to pass it through to enable me to reset
the password.
Having debugged through
the code, it seems that 'username' is null.
How can I get this to work so that
the username carries over
from the Html.RouteLink, to
the changeUserPassword action?
Any help would be appreciated :)
Here is my complete code:
UserList.aspx
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<System.Web.Security.MembershipUserCollection>" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server">
UserList
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<h2>UserList</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<th>User Name</th>
<th>Last Activity date</th>
<th>Locked Out</th>
</tr>
<%foreach (MembershipUser user in Model){ %>
<tr>
<td><%: Html.RouteLink(user.UserName, "AdminPassword", new { controller="StoreManager", action="changeUserPassword", username = user.UserName }) %></td>
<td><%: user.LastActivityDate %></td>
<td><%: user.IsLockedOut %></td>
</tr>
<% }%>
</table>
</asp:Content>
changeUserPassword.aspx
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<musicStoreMVC.ViewModels.ResetPasswordAdmin>" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server">
changeUserPassword
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<h2>Change Password: <%: ViewData["username"] %></h2>
<% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%>
<%: Html.ValidationSummary(true) %>
<fieldset>
<legend>Fields</legend>
<div class="editor-label">
<%: Html.Hidden("username",ViewData["username"]) %>
<%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.password) %>
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.password) %>
<%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.password) %>
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
<%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.confirmPassword) %>
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.confirmPassword) %>
<%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.confirmPassword) %>
</div>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Create" />
</p>
</fieldset>
<% } %>
<div>
<%: Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index") %>
</div>
</asp:Content>
My actions
public ActionResult UserList()
{
var users = Membership.GetAllUsers();
return View(users);
}
public ActionResult changeUserPassword(string username)
{
ViewData["username"] = username;
return View();
}
