I'm new to ASP MVC and I'm completely stuck.
All I want to do is have a control like this:
<td><asp:TextBox ID="txbFirstName" runat="server" Value=""></asp:TextBox></td>
But have it populated by a value from a controller.
This syntax is what I was expecting would work:
<td><asp:TextBox ID="txbFirstName" runat="server" Value="<% Model.FirstName%>"></asp:TextBox></td>
But obviously it doesn't. I hope from that you can tell what I'm trying to do (populate the value of the text box with a server control) but that won't work. Is this not possible using ASP:Textboxes? Do I need to use HTML boxes instead?
Apparently in ASP 4 MVC the <% %> tags are no longer used and I cannot find a working example anywhere. I thought this would be a simple google but I've been stuck for hours.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Microsoft MVC doesn't use server side controls. You should use HTML Helpers and Model Bindings with Razor view engine (better than ASP.NET view engine).
In the view:
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Firstname)
A simple Login form:
@using (Html.BeginForm("LoginAction", "LoginController"))
{
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.User, "Your UserName")
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.User)
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Password, "Your Password:")
@Html.PasswordFor(model => model.Password)
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
}