How to add id HTML attribute in ASP.NET MVC w/ VB.NET

Question

I am trying to add an ID HTML attribute to a form using ASP.NET MVC and VB.NET

<%Html.BeginForm("Create", "Model", "", "", New With {.id = "CreateForm"})%>

This gives me a type error, since .id is expecting an Integer, not a string. How do add an ID attribute to my form?

Joseph · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-07 17:53:03Z

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I believe you need something like this

<%  Html.BeginForm("Create", "Model", 
    FormMethod.Post, New With {.id = "CreateForm"})%>

I think it's trying to cast one of your empty strings as the FormMethod enumeration, which won't cast correctly.

Either way check this link out, it has all the overloads for the BeginForm method.

answered May 7, 2009 at 17:53

Joseph

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you dont get intellisense whwen you type the . (dot) do you? that is, in New With {. - no intellisense right?

No because you're creating an anonymous type, so there's nothing that intellisense can provide you in that case.

Jordan S. Jones · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-07 17:38:05Z

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Close:

<%Html.BeginForm("Create", "Model", "", "", new {id = "CreateForm"})%>

answered May 7, 2009 at 17:38

Jordan S. Jones

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This gives me a compilation error. I'm pretty sure this will work in C#, but not VB.NET

Ahh.. Sadly, I didn't see the VB indicators. Sorry.