Getting Started with Blazor Data Form Component in Blazor WASM App

7 Jul 20266 minutes to read

This section briefly explains how to add the Blazor Data Form component to a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI.

Create a new Blazor WebAssembly (Standalone) App

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Blazor Extension.

Run the following command to create a new Blazor WebAssembly App.

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Alternatively, create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates or the Blazor Extension, or the C# Dev Kit extension.

Run the following command to create a new Blazor WebAssembly App.

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install the required Blazor packages

Install the Syncfusion.Blazor.DataForm and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages. All Syncfusion Blazor packages are available on nuget.org. See the NuGet packages topic for details.

  1. Go to Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution.
  2. Search the required NuGet packages (Syncfusion.Blazor.DataForm and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes) and install them.

Alternatively, you can install the same packages using the Package Manager Console with the following commands.

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.DataForm -Version 34.1.29
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 34.1.29

Open the terminal and run the following commands.

dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.DataForm -v 34.1.29
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -v 34.1.29

Open the command prompt and run the following commands.

dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.DataForm -v 34.1.29
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -v 34.1.29

Add import namespaces

After the packages are installed, open the ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor and Syncfusion.Blazor.DataForm namespaces.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DataForm

Register the Blazor service

Open the Program.cs file in the Blazor WebAssembly App and register the Blazor service.

....
using Syncfusion.Blazor;
....
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
....

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Include the stylesheet and the script references in the ~wwwroot/index.html file.

...
<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/fluent2.css" rel="stylesheet" />
...
<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Add Blazor Data Form component

Open a Razor file located in the ~/Pages/*.razor (for example, Home.razor) and add the Blazor Data Form component inside the Razor file.

@using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations

<SfDataForm ID="MyForm"
            Model="@EmployeeDetail">
    <FormValidator>
        <DataAnnotationsValidator></DataAnnotationsValidator>
    </FormValidator>
    <FormItems>
        <FormAutoGenerateItems></FormAutoGenerateItems>
    </FormItems>
</SfDataForm>


@code 
{
    public class EmployeeDetails
    {
        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter your first name.")]
        [Display(Name = "First Name")]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter your last name.")]
        [Display(Name = "Last Name")]
        public string LastName { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter your email address.")]
        [EmailAddress(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a valid email address.")]
        [Display(Name = "Email ID")]
        public string Email { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [Display(Name = "Date of Birth")]
        public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }
    }
    private EmployeeDetails EmployeeDetail = new EmployeeDetails()
        {
            FirstName = "Anne",
            LastName = "Lawsen"
        };
}

Run the application

Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or +F5 (macOS) to launch the application. The Blazor Data Form component will render in your default web browser.

Open the terminal and run the following command.

dotnet run

Open the command prompt and run the following command.

dotnet run
Blazor DataForm getting started example

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.

See also

  1. Getting Started with Blazor Web App
  2. Getting Started with Blazor Server App
  3. Getting Started with Blazor Data Form Events
  4. Getting Started with Blazor Data Form Templates
  5. Getting Started with Blazor Data Form Validation