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Brian Mains
Brian Mains

Reputation: 50728

Html.CheckBoxFor in VB Razor View

I have this C# code in a Razor view:

@(Html.CheckBoxFor<RazorSamplesWeb.Models.SamplesModel>(i => i.IsActive))

I tried translating it to this:

@Code Html.CheckBoxFor(Of RazorSamplesWeb.Models.SamplesModel)(Function(i) i.IsActive)End Code

But it's complaining. Why, and what is the right statement?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4083

Answers (3)

Boris B.
Boris B.

Reputation: 5024

If you don't have the @ModelType defined, the right statement is

 @Html.CheckBoxFor(Function(m As RazorSamplesWeb.Models.SamplesModel) m.IsActive))

You explicitly set the generic type to RazorSamplesWeb.Models.SamplesModel.

Upvotes: 0

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1038830

@(Html.CheckBoxFor<RazorSamplesWeb.Models.SamplesModel>(i => i.IsActive))

is too long, ugly and equivalent to:

@Html.CheckBoxFor(i => i.IsActive)

which in VB.NET might look like this:

@Html.CheckBoxFor(Function(i) i.IsActive)

The @Code you are referring to could be used for helpers which do not return any value (IHtmlString) but write directly to the output buffer. Example:

@Code Html.RenderAction("Foo") End Code

Upvotes: 4

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887453

@Code blocks are used for standalone statements; they're equivalent to @{ ... } in C#.

You should use a raw @ block.

Your C# code uses parentheses to force the parser to read past the HTML-like <...> portion.
VB.Net doesn't have ambiguous generics syntax, so you don't need it.

Upvotes: 0

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