The View
@model MyProject.Models.DynaForm
@using (Html.BeginForm("ViewForm","FormManagement", FormMethod.Post))
{
var sectionCollection = from s in Model.XmlForm.Descendants("section") select s;
foreach(System.Xml.Linq.XElement section in sectionCollection) // get sections
{
var fieldCollection = from f in section.Descendants("field") select f; // get fields
<fieldset>
<legend>Section @(section.Attribute("id").Value)</legend>
@foreach (System.Xml.Linq.XElement field in fieldCollection) // iterate over each field
{
<div>
<div>@field.Attribute("name").Value</div>
<div>@Html.TextBox(field.Attribute("name").Value, field.Value, new { @class = field.Attribute("inputtype").Value }) </div>
</div>
}
</fieldset>
}
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="save" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="cancel" />
}The Controller
public class ViewFormController : Controller
{
Models.DynaForm oWorkflow = new Models.DynaForm();
public ActionResult ViewForm()
{
oDynaform.ID = 1;
oDynaform.XmlForm = XDocument.Load(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/myform.xml")); return View("ExecuteRequest", oWorkflow); // pass this to view for rendering
}
[HttpPost] // POST handler
public ActionResult ViewForm(string submit)
{
switch (submit)
{
case "save":
// delegate sending to another controller action
return (Save());
case "cancel":
// call another action to perform the cancellation
return (CancelRequest());
default:
// If they've submitted the form without a submitButton,
// just return the view again.
return (View());
}
}
private ActionResult CancelRequest()
{
return (PartialView()); // return to same page
}
private ActionResult Save()
{
oDynaForm.ID = 2;
return (PartialView("ViewForm", oDynaForm)); }
}The XML field template.
<dynamicform name="yourform" id="1">
<section id="1">
<field type="text" name="First name" inputtype="textbox" />
<field type="text" name="Last name" inputtype="textbox" />
<field type="text" name="Email" inputtype="textbox" />
</section>
<section id="2">
<field type="text" name="Other information" inputtype="textarea" > Other info here </field>
</section>
<section id="3">
<field type="text" name="Input 1" inputtype="textarea" />
<field type="text" name="Input 2" inputtype="textarea" />
<field type="text" name="Input 3" inputtype="textarea" />
</section>
</dynamicform>
