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Is there some easy way to handle multiple submit buttons from the same form? Example:

<% Html.BeginForm("MyAction", "MyController", FormMethod.Post); %>
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
<input type="submit" value="Cancel" />
<% Html.EndForm(); %>

Any idea how to do this in ASP.NET Framework Beta? All examples I've googled for have single buttons in them.

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Use a custom helper(create a file "Helpers.cshtml" inside the App_Code folder, at the root of your project) with javascript to rewrite (at an 'onclick' event) the form's 'action' attribute to something you want and then submit it.

The helper could be like:

@helper SubmitButton(string text, string controller,string action)
{   
    var uh = new System.Web.Mvc.UrlHelper(Context.Request.RequestContext);
    string url = @uh.Action(action, controller, null);   
    <input type=button  onclick="(
                                       function(e)
                                                 {
                                                   $(e).parent().attr('action', '@url'); //rewrite action url
                                                   //create a submit button to be clicked and removed, so that onsubmit is triggered
                                                   var form = document.getElementById($(e).parent().attr('id'));
                                                   var button = form.ownerDocument.createElement('input');
                                                   button.style.display = 'none';
                                                   button.type = 'submit';
                                                   form.appendChild(button).click(); 
                                                   form.removeChild(button);              
                                                  }
                                      )(this)" value="@text"/>
}

And then use it as:

@Helpers.SubmitButton("Text for 1st button","ControllerForButton1","ActionForButton1")
@Helpers.SubmitButton("Text for 2nd button","ControllerForButton2","ActionForButton2")
...

Inside your form.

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In View the code is:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
    function SubmeterForm(id)
    {
        if (id=='btnOk')
            document.forms[0].submit(id);
        else
            document.forms[1].submit(id);
    }
</script>


<% Html.BeginForm("ObterNomeBotaoClicado/1", "Teste01", FormMethod.Post); %>
<input id="btnOk" type="button" value="Ok" onclick="javascript:SubmeterForm('btnOk')" />
<% Html.EndForm(); %>
<% Html.BeginForm("ObterNomeBotaoClicado/2", "Teste01", FormMethod.Post); %>
<input id="btnCancelar" type="button" value="Cancelar" onclick="javascript:SubmeterForm('btnCancelar')" />
<% Html.EndForm(); %>

In Controller the code is:

public ActionResult ObterNomeBotaoClicado(string id)
{
    if (id=="1")
        btnOkFunction(...);
    else
        btnCancelarFunction(...);
    return View();
}
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In the future, it is helpful for you to explain your code. Thank you! – Emrakul Mar 16 '14 at 7:12
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My Solution was to use 2 asp panels:

<asp:Panel ID=”..” DefaultButton=”ID_OF_SHIPPING_SUBMIT_BUTTON”….></asp:Panel>

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Index.cshtml

@using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Home", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "submitForm" }))

{

button type="submit" id="btnApprove" name="Command" value="Approve"> Approve

button type="submit" id="btnReject" name="Command" value="Reject"> Reject

} 

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Index(FormCollection frm, string Command)
    {
        if (Command == "Approve")
        {

        }
        else if (Command == "Reject")
        {

        }

        return View();
    }

}
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this doesn't works. – amarnath chatterjee Apr 3 '15 at 11:10
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