[GridAction] controller method reading data from input elements in the view

[Matthew]

I've implemented batch editing in a radgrid by following this example..  The grid itself displays a list of search results.  I pass the search criteria to the view using ViewData dictionary.

After the edit, I want to make sure the grid displays the exact same recordset, meaning I have to somehow get the search results stored in the view by way of hidden inputs into the [GridAction] method in the controller.

My view contains two hidden elements:

<input type="hidden" id="FirstName" name="FirstName" value="@ViewData["FirstName"]"/>
<input type="hidden" id="LastName" name="LastName" value="@ViewData["LastName"]"/>

Here is the grid in my view:  You can see the [GridAction] method I'm referring to is called _SaveBatchEditing

@(Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)
            .Name("Grid")
            .DataKeys(d => d.Add<int>(a => a.Id).RouteKey("Id"))
            .Columns(columns =>
            {
                columns.Bound<int>(c => c.Id).Width(100);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.FirstName).Width(120);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.LastName).Width(200);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.ECPostalCode).Width(100);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.Phone).Width(120);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.Street).Width(200);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.City).Width(100);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.Province).Width(75);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.PostalCode).Width(100);
                columns.Bound<string>(c => c.Email).Width(100);
                columns.Bound<bool>(c => c.OkToContact).Width(50);
                /*columns.Bound<string>(c => c.BirthDay).Width(130).Format("{0:d}");*/
                columns.Command(commands =>
                {
                    commands.Edit();
                    commands.Delete();
                }).Width(200);

            })
            .DataBinding(dataBinding => dataBinding
            .Ajax()
                .Select("_SelectBatchEditing", "Home")
                .Update("_SaveBatchEditing", "Home")
            )

            .ToolBar(commands => {
            commands.Insert();
            commands.SubmitChanges();
            })

            .Sortable()
            .Pageable()
            .Scrollable(scrolling => scrolling.Height(494)).Footer(false)
            .Editable(editing => editing.Mode(GridEditMode.InCell))
            .Editable(editing => editing.Mode(GridEditMode.InCell).DefaultDataItem(new ContactView
            {
                OkToContact = true
            }))
            .ClientEvents(events =>
            events.OnDataBinding("Grid_onDataBinding").OnError("Grid_onError"))
         )

And here is my controller method.  How do I get the values of those hidden elements into the controller

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]

       [GridAction]

       public ActionResult _SaveBatchEditing([Bind(Prefix = "inserted")]IEnumerable<Contact> insertedContacts,

           [Bind(Prefix = "updated")]IEnumerable<Contact> updatedContacts,

           [Bind(Prefix = "deleted")]IEnumerable<Contact> deletedContacts)

       {

 

           if (insertedContacts != null)

           {

               foreach (var product in insertedContacts)

               {

                   //SessionProductRepository.Insert(product);

               }

           }

           if (updatedContacts != null)

           {

               foreach (var product in updatedContacts)

               {

                   //code to update

               }

           }

           if (deletedContacts != null)

           {

               foreach (var product in deletedContacts)

               {

                   //SessionProductRepository.Delete(product);

               }

           }

 

           IList<ContactView> Contacts = new List<ContactView>();

           // Here is where I want to redo the search using the hidden inputs


           // in the view, shown above.


           return View(new GridModel(Contacts));

       }

Can anyone shed some insight?  Thanks so much!

[Matthew]

I have found the answer at http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/aspnet-mvc/general/batch-editing-return-gridmodel.aspx:

function onSubmitChanges(e) {
    e.values.startDate = $("#startDate").val();
    e.values.endDate = $("#endDate").val();
}

I can then access the values through FormCollection parameter

[Ricardo]

Hi Matthew.

You could also do the following:
on your javascript:

function onSubmitChanges(e) {
    e.values.FirstName = $("#FirstName ").val();
    e.values.LastName = $("#LastName").val();
}

and on your controller, instead of using FormCollection parameter, you could do this:

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
[GridAction]
public ActionResult _SaveBatchEditing([Bind(Prefix = "inserted")]IEnumerable<Contact> insertedContacts,
[Bind(Prefix = "updated")]IEnumerable<Contact> updatedContacts,
[Bind(Prefix = "deleted")]IEnumerable<Contact> deletedContacts,
string FirstName,
string LastName)
{
...
}