Html.BeginForm with null controller/action outputs wrong action url

Question

I have two Areas: Profile (for every user) and Admin (for admins). Some users can have Companies and manage them in their profile, and Admins can also create Companies in their area.

In the Admin area I have a "_BaseForm" file where I keep common code and call different partials to fill the form with fields, something like :-

var content = string.Format("~/Areas/Admin/Views/{0}/_Form.cshtml", (string)ViewBag.FolderName);

@using (Html.BeginForm(null,null,FormMethod.Post,new { @enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
    @Html.Partial(content)
}

The problem is that when I call the Add() function that returns the View, it gets the correct form, but the action URL corresponds to the controller/action of the Profile Area:-

<form action="/Profile/Companies/Add" ..> <!-- it should be "/Admin/Companies/Add" -->

When I comment the Add (Company) functions in the Profile area, it works properly.

Can you help me?

Thank you

....@using (Html.BeginForm("Add","Companies",FormMethod.Post,new{ area="Admin" },new { @enctype = "multipart/form-data" })) — Kartikeya Khosla
– Kartikeya Khosla, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 11:24
thank you, but the thing is I want to keep Html.BeginForm(null,null, ..) so it can be used for other models — inxs
– inxs, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 11:29
ok..then do it as...@using (Html.BeginForm(null,null,FormMethod.Post,new{ area="Admin" },new { @enctype = "multipart/form-data" })) — Kartikeya Khosla
– Kartikeya Khosla, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 11:31
omg i didnt remember to do that! yes it worked thank you! :) (btw it had to be in a different order: Html.BeginForm(null,null,new { area = "Admin" },FormMethod.Post, new { @enctype = "multipart/form-data" }) — inxs
– inxs, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 13:01

Kartikeya Khosla · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-05 13:03:37Z

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Just correct your BeginForm as :

@using (Html.BeginForm(null,null,new{ area="Admin" },FormMethod.Post,new { @enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{}

answered Aug 5, 2014 at 13:03

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