HtmlHelper.GenerateForm Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures

Assembly:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.dll

Package:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref v9.0.0

Renders a <form> start tag to the response. When the user submits the form, the action with name actionName will process the request.

protected:
 virtual Microsoft::AspNetCore::Mvc::Rendering::MvcForm ^ GenerateForm(System::String ^ actionName, System::String ^ controllerName, System::Object ^ routeValues, Microsoft::AspNetCore::Mvc::Rendering::FormMethod method, Nullable<bool> antiforgery, System::Object ^ htmlAttributes);

protected virtual Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering.MvcForm GenerateForm (string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering.FormMethod method, bool? antiforgery, object htmlAttributes);

abstract member GenerateForm : string * string * obj * Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering.FormMethod * Nullable<bool> * obj -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering.MvcForm
override this.GenerateForm : string * string * obj * Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering.FormMethod * Nullable<bool> * obj -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering.MvcForm

Protected Overridable Function GenerateForm (actionName As String, controllerName As String, routeValues As Object, method As FormMethod, antiforgery As Nullable(Of Boolean), htmlAttributes As Object) As MvcForm

Parameters

actionName

String

The name of the action method.

controllerName

String

The name of the controller.

routeValues

Object

An Object that contains the parameters for a route. The parameters are retrieved through reflection by examining the properties of the Object. This Object is typically created using Object initializer syntax. Alternatively, an IDictionary<TKey,TValue> instance containing the route parameters.

method

FormMethod

The HTTP method for processing the form, either GET or POST.

antiforgery

Nullable<Boolean>

If true, <form> elements will include an antiforgery token. If false, suppresses the generation an <input> of type "hidden" with an antiforgery token. If null, <form> elements will include an antiforgery token only if method is not Get.

htmlAttributes

Object

An Object that contains the HTML attributes for the element. Alternatively, an IDictionary<TKey,TValue> instance containing the HTML attributes.

Returns

MvcForm

An MvcForm instance which renders the </form> end tag when disposed.

Remarks

In this context, "renders" means the method writes its output using Writer.