I have a validation controller within the route of my project that I'm trying to use from within an area using the following attribute on the model's property...
[Remote("IsValidUserName", "Validation", "", ErrorMessage = "Invalid username")]
But when this is rendered, the validation is against the "IsValidUserName" action of controller "Validation" within the same area as the page, and not within the root area...
data-val-remote-url="/Members/Validation/IsValidUserName"
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Unfortunately that's how this attribute is implemented. Here's an excerpt from the constructor of this attribute:
public RemoteAttribute(string action, string controller, string areaName) : this()
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(action))
{
throw new ArgumentException(MvcResources.Common_NullOrEmpty, "action");
}
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(controller))
{
throw new ArgumentException(MvcResources.Common_NullOrEmpty, "controller");
}
this.RouteData["controller"] = controller;
this.RouteData["action"] = action;
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(areaName))
{
this.RouteData["area"] = areaName;
}
}
Notice the IsNullOrWhiteSpace
test against the areaName
at the end that's killing everything?
You could fix it by writing a custom remote attribute:
public class MyRemoteAttribute : RemoteAttribute
{
public MyRemoteAttribute(string action, string controller, string area)
: base(action, controller, area)
{
this.RouteData["area"] = area;
}
}
and then:
[MyRemote("IsValidUserName", "Validation", "", ErrorMessage = "Invalid username")]
public string Username { get; set; }
Now the proper data-val-remote-url="/Validation/IsValidUserName"
will be generated.
I came upon this same issue and found a solution that works for me. The remote attribute takes an AreaReference Enum.
System.Web.Mvc.AreaReference is an ENUM which has two values UseRoot & UseCurrent more details found here
Example useage that works for me:
[Remote("IsValidUserName", "Validation", System.Web.Mvc.AreaReference.UseRoot, ErrorMessage = "Invalid username")]