FluentWebControls ReadMe

Description

FluentWebControls is s a fluent interface for emitting web controls in C#.

Sample Usages

TextBox

<%= Fluent.TextBoxFor(() => ViewData.Model.FirstName)
	.WithLabel("First Name:")
	.Width("200px") %>

TextArea

<%= Fluent.TextAreaFor(() => ViewData.Model.Comment)
	.WithLabel("Comments:")
	.Rows(5)
	.Width("400px") %>

Button

<%= Fluent.ButtonFor(ButtonData.ButtonType.New, this)
	.WithText("Add New " + ViewData.Model.BusinessObjectDescription)
	.VisibleIf(ViewData.Model.UserIsAdmin) %>

CheckBox

<%= Fluent.CheckBoxFor(() => ViewData.Model.Active)
	.WithLabel("Active")
	.IsChecked(ViewData.Model.IsActive) %>

DropDownList

<%= Fluent.DropDownListFor(Code.BoundPropertyNames.Type, ViewData.Model.DistinctCodeTypes, n => n.Name1, n => n.Name1)
	.WithDefault("Select", "")		    
	.WithSelectedValue(() => ViewData.Model.Type)
	.WithLabel("Code type:") %>

ComboSelect

<%= Fluent.ComboSelectFor(County.BoundPropertyNames.CourtIds, ViewData.Model.Courts, n => n.DisplayName, n => n.Id)
	.WithSelectedValues(ViewData.Model.SelectedCourts, court => court.CourtId)
	.WithLabel("Courts:") %>

Link

<%= Fluent.LinkTo(ControllerName, ActionName)
	.WithLinkText(">>")
	.WithMouseOverText("Last Page")
	.CssClass("linkHighlight")
	.DisabledIf(PagedListParameters.PageNumber == LastPage)
	.WithData(() => PagedListParameters.PageSize) %>

Hidden input

<%= Fluent.HiddenFor(() => PagedListParameters.PageSize) %>

Input Builders

[See how][inputbuilders] we use these controls with our input builders

How To Build:

The build script requires Ruby with rake installed.

1. Run InstallGems.bat to get the ruby dependencies (only needs to be run once per computer)
2. open a command prompt to the root folder and type rake to execute rakefile.rb

If you do not have ruby:

1. open src\FluentWebControls.sln with Visual Studio and build the solution

License

[MIT License][mitlicense]

This project is part of [MVBA's Open Source Projects][MvbaLawGithub].

If you have questions or comments about this project, please contact us at mailto:[email protected]. [inputbuilders]: http://shashankshetty.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/separation-of-concerns-in-input-builders/ [MvbaLawGithub]: http://mvbalaw.github.io/ [mitlicense]: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php