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TechplexEngineer
TechplexEngineer

Reputation: 1928

asp.net mvc html helpers using property name

I'm trying to use a list of string model property names to make a form. When using scaffolding code like this is generated:

@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.modelRecId)

I thought that using reflection could get the same results with code like this:

@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.GetType().GetProperty("modelRecId").GetValue(model, null))

Sadly c# doesn't like this syntax, yielding this error:
Templates can be used only with field access, property access, single-dimension array index, or single-parameter custom indexer expressions.

Any ideas on how to use the built-in html helpers given the property names as strings?

EDIT:

List<string> props = new List<string>();
props.Add("modelRecId");
props.Add("Name");
props.Add("Description");
//... etc

foreach (string prop in props)
{
    @Html.LabelFor(Model.GetType().GetProperty(prop).GetValue(Model, null), prop)
    @Html.EditorFor(Model.GetType().GetProperty(prop).GetValue(Model, null))
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(Model.GetType().GetProperty(prop).GetValue(Model, null))
}

The above code does not work. Is there a way to do something like this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 452

Answers (1)

Max Toro
Max Toro

Reputation: 28608

Simply @Html.Hidden("SomeProperty")

Upvotes: 1

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