Use submit button control in a child template in umbraco

Question

I learned that in umbraco, we have to use a master template for a custom user control. I have a custom form and a submit button. I created a control that sends an email once the 'submit" button is pressed. the control basically gets all the fields like name, address. It works when I create a new template and insert the macro.

However when I try to use it with a master template, it does not work. The submit button refreshes the page but never goes to my c# part where it sends the mail

and if I do this

     <form name="myform" target="_self" method="post" action="index">

it goes to the index page, but no email is sent.

But it works on a clean or new template. Is there a way to use custom control with master template in umbraco 4 EDIT - This is how I am using macro

<form name="myform" target="_self" method="post" action="index">    
   <umbraco:Macro Alias="sendMail" runat="server"></umbraco:Macro>
</form>

What do you mean, a custom controller? Are you using MVC in Umbraco 4, and if so, how? — Evan Harper
I just create a new project in VS2010, and then create a web user control and use that controller in umbraco — EagleFox
A control is not the same thing as a controller. Be careful to use exact language or you will find it difficult to get help. — Evan Harper

Tim Tim · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-18T12:40:15

Looking at the code it looks like you are missing the runat="server" attribute on the form tag.

<form name="myform" runat="server">    
   <umbraco:Macro Alias="sendMail" runat="server"></umbraco:Macro>
</form>

By using the runat=server attribute the form tag will be rendered with the correct attributes. Note you can only have one runat="server" form on a page.

There's some more information on this concept on W3Schools

Use submit button control in a child template in umbraco

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