Passing Object over Read Action

[Eric]

I am having an issue with passing additional parameters over a read function.

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<Wue.Web.Employee.Model.Models.DocumentLine>()
        .Name("documentLinesGrid" + @Model.Document.DocumentNumber + "lines")
        .Columns(col => {
                col.Bound(c => c.VendorPartNumber).Title("Vendor Part Num");
                col.Bound(c => c.Quantity);
                col.Bound(c => c.Price);
            }
        )
        .Scrollable()
        .DataSource(ds => ds
            .Ajax()
            .Read(readLineData => readLineData.Action("GetLineData", "Document", new { currentDoc = Model.Document }))
        )
        .ColumnMenu()
    )


On the Controller I have this as my action method:

public ActionResult GetLineData([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request, Document currentDoc) { }

The issue is that the data that is being sent is always null. I have tried to change the type to a string and passing currentDoc = "123" and having the action method accept a string currentDoc and that seems to work. Why will an object not pass through?

Note: I have also attempted to use js to send the information by using the .Data(functionName) and then in js using return { Html.Raw(Json.Encode(Model.Document)) but that returns null as well. Please help as I cannot get this to work.

[Alexander Popov]

Hi Eric,

Model binding in ASP.NET MVC is not related to Kendo UI and it falls outside the scope of our support services. Nevertheless I tried to recreate this scenario, but everything is working as expected on our side (see screencast). 

Regards,
Alexander Popov
Telerik

 

 

[Eric]

Alexander,

Thank you for taking the time to produce that screen cast for me. You have a few things different than I do with regard to the MVC (specifying the type as well as having the return type off the controller be a JsonResult rather than an Action Result) up so I will change the settings on my end and see if I cant get it to work as you have it.

Again I appreciate the time you took to create that example for me.

[Eric]

Alexander,

I wanted to let you know that I updated my project and now passing the object to the controller works exactly how I wanted it to, this will make processing the data server-side considerably less taxing. THANK YOU! I have marked your answer as correct.