Trying to call Create action on Grid using JQuery (MVC)

[Paul]

I am trying to use a JQuery command to call the ​Create action on a grid.  Reason for this is that i need to pass an external id to the create command that is currently stored in a hidden HTML input field.

Here is the code

HTML

<input type="hidden" id="acctid" value="">

Script

    function insertnotes(e) {
        var accId = document.getElementById("acctid").value;
        alert(accId);
        $("#Child").data("kendoGrid").dataSource.create({ accountId: accId });

        //$("#Child").data("kendoGrid").dataSource.read({ accountId: accId });​

    }

GRID

.Create(create => create.Action("Account_Master_Notes_Create", "AccountMaster"))

Action in Controller

public ActionResult Account_Master_Notes_Create(string acctid,

[DataSourceRequest]DataSourceRequest request, Account_Note_Master account_Notes_Master)

The alert in the script is telling me that acctid is populated... i just want to call the create action.... the error i am getting is that dataSource.create is not a function

 

Thanks for any help on this issue.

 

Corey

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hello Corey,

You could use the .Data() method to specify a JavaScript function that will pass additional data to the create action and retrieve the input value in this function.
E.g.

.Create(update => update.Action("Create", "Grid").Data("additionalData"))

function additionalData() {
    return {
        firstName: "John",
        lastName: "Doe"
    };
}

Regards,
Dimiter Madjarov
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