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?

what language are you trying this in? VB or C#? – Joseph May 07 '09 at 17:39 — Joseph, May 07 '09 at 17:39
VB (see title and description) ;) – CoolGravatar May 07 '09 at 17:41 — CoolGravatar, May 07 '09 at 17:41
i would like to know the answer to this question as well – Erx_VB.NExT.Coder Feb 17 '10 at 13:29 — Erx_VB.NExT.Coder, Feb 17 '10 at 13:29

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '09 at 17:53

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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 07 '09 at 17:53

Joseph

you dont get intellisense whwen you type the . (dot) do you? that is, in New With {. - no intellisense right? – Erx_VB.NExT.Coder Feb 17 '10 at 13:30
No because you're creating an anonymous type, so there's nothing that intellisense can provide you in that case. – Joseph Feb 17 '10 at 16:47

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '09 at 17:38

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Close:

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

answered May 07 '09 at 17:38

Jordan S. Jones

This gives me a compilation error. I'm pretty sure this will work in C#, but not VB.NET – CoolGravatar May 07 '09 at 17:41
Ahh.. Sadly, I didn't see the VB indicators. Sorry. – Jordan S. Jones May 07 '09 at 18:01

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