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F. Iván
F. Iván

Reputation: 167

Simplest way to call a controller method from a view button in .Net (mvc)

I just started programming at MVC and I would like to ask about the best way to call a controller's method from your view. To make it easier: I have a model called Song with 2 methods to start and stop it:

public class Song
{
        WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer wplayer ;

        public Song() {
            wplayer = new WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer();
            wplayer.URL = "my song url";
            wplayer.controls.stop();
        }
        public void Stop() {
            wplayer.controls.stop();
        }
        public void Start() {
            wplayer.controls.play();
        }
    }

In the controller I create the song object and I have two functions to start and stop it.

public class DefaultController : Controller
        {
            // GET: Default
            Song c = new Song();

            public ActionResult Index()
            {
                return View(c);
            }
            public void Start() {
                c.Start();            
            }
            public void Stop() {
                c.Stop();
            }
        }

In the view I have 2 buttons that correspond to each controller action.

<button type="button">Start</button>
<button type="button">Stop</button>

How can I do the most correct way to call each controller action from the view buttons?

Thank you very much for your attention, I appreciate your help

Upvotes: 3

Views: 19343

Answers (2)

Saurabh Solanki
Saurabh Solanki

Reputation: 2204

You can use set href path to call your controller from view.

<a class="btn btn-success" href="@Url.Action("Start", "DefaultController")">Start</a>

and if want to pass parameter then: 

<a class="btn btn-success" href="@Url.Action("Start","DefaultController", new {id=Item.id })">Start</a>

or for other options you can check this link

you can call your controller method using ajax also refer this link

Upvotes: 10

Frank Odoom
Frank Odoom

Reputation: 1566

A very simple way to achieve this is by using Razor as shown below:

<button type="button" onclick="location.href='@Url.Action("Start", "DefaultController")'">Start</button> 

  <button type="button" onclick="location.href='@Url.Action("Stop", "DefaultController")'">Stop</button>

Upvotes: 2

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