ASP.NET MVC on bradleycarey.com https://bradleycarey.com/tags/asp.net-mvc/ Recent content in ASP.NET MVC on bradleycarey.com Hugo en Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:05:41 -0500 Enum friendly names using attributes in C# ASP.NET MVC https://bradleycarey.com/posts/2015-08-02-enum-friendly-names-via-displayattribute-and-descriptionattribute-mvc-5-edition/ Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:58:24 -0400 https://bradleycarey.com/posts/2015-08-02-enum-friendly-names-via-displayattribute-and-descriptionattribute-mvc-5-edition/ <p>Are you using enums in dropdowns or radiobuttons or something similar? Instead of hard coding display names, a way of reusing these names was coined in the MVC 3 days that involved decorating the enum with the <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.descriptionattribute%28v=vs.110%29.aspx" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DescriptionAttribute</a>. Judging from posts on stack overflow, this was a very popular method.</p> <p>When MVC 5 came out, it included new <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.html.selectextensions.enumdropdownlistfor%28v=vs.118%29.aspx" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helpers</a> for <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.html.enumhelper%28v=vs.118%29.aspx" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enums</a> (which was fantastic). However, MS used the typical DisplayAttribute (the <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.dataannotations.displayattribute.name%28v=vs.110%29.aspx" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DisplayAttribute.Name property</a> to be exact) instead of the DescriptionAttribute to pull this off.</p> Using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) in an ASP.NET MVC project https://bradleycarey.com/posts/2015-06-08-using-sql-server-reporting-services-ssrs-in-an-asp-net-mvc-project/ Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:21:49 -0400 https://bradleycarey.com/posts/2015-06-08-using-sql-server-reporting-services-ssrs-in-an-asp-net-mvc-project/ <p>There are a handful of examples out on the internet on how to use SSRS from an ASP.NET website but all of the ones I came across seemed like hacks. They range from throwing an ASPX page with a ReportViewer control to complex JavaScript hacks. The following method is the one I have used for many years that adheres to the true MVC manner. This method connects to SSRS through the web service using Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms assembly.</p>