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  dotnetterAMG...

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  Jul 15, 2012 03:15 PM|LINK

  Can someone please provide a couple of examples showing practical uses of UrlHelper?

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  CPrakash82

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  Re: practical uses of urlhelper

  Jul 15, 2012 03:33 PM|LINK

  Which method specifically you are looking for?

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  dotnetterAMG...

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  Jul 15, 2012 03:45 PM|LINK

  I'm just wondering about it's use. I'm guessing I can probably implement most of it's functionality through jQuery but I try to use native .NET f/w functionality when practical because it's more expected by more developers and it's usually quicker. So I'm just wondering about some practical examples of UrlHelper so I can get a better understanding of its use and purpose and get a better understanding of when I can use UrlHelper instead of custom js....
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  BrockAllen

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  Jul 15, 2012 04:21 PM|LINK

  This is hard to do with @Html.ActionLink, so we the UrlHelper APIs instead:

  <a href=@Url.Action("Details", "Movie")>

      @Model.MovieName

      <img src=@Url.Action("Poster", "Movie") >

  </a>

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  dotnetterAMG...

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  Re: practical uses of urlhelper

  Jul 16, 2012 12:35 AM|LINK

  Thanks Brock - That helps put things in context for me.  I created a simple example to compare Url.Action to Html.ActionLink below: 

  @Html.ActionLink("Click to Test", "TestIt", "Test")
  @Url.Action("TestIt", "Test"); 

  Html.ActionLink renders a clickable url configured with the parameters.

  Url.Action renders url text (not clickable) so I see how Url.Action would be used to create custom clickable urls....
   

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  BrockAllen

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  Jul 16, 2012 02:36 AM|LINK

  It can also be used to render URLs for your JavaScript's Ajax calls.

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  dotnetterAMG...

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  Re: practical uses of urlhelper

  Jul 16, 2012 02:49 AM|LINK

  Can you give me an example of that? I usually keep my js in a js file external from the view.....
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  sp00k

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  Jul 16, 2012 08:25 AM|LINK

      <input type="button" value="RESET DB" id="reset" />

  $('#reset').click(
  function () {
  $('#dummy').html('<img src="../../Content/Images/loading.gif" />').load('@Url.Action("ResetDB", "Home")');
  window.location.reload();
  });

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  dotnetterAMG...

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  Re: practical uses of urlhelper

  Jul 16, 2012 01:21 PM|LINK

  @sp00k - why would you use Url.Action in this scenario as opposed to simply writing out 'Home/ResetDB'?
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  BrockAllen

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  Jul 16, 2012 01:27 PM|LINK

  Hard coding URLs is somewhat brittle given that you can change the entire app's URL scheme fairly easily with routing.

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