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copied!<p>Here is how I did it:</p> <ol> <li><p>Created new Attribute as follows:</p> <pre><code>public class HelpPromptAttribute : Attribute { public HelpPromptAttribute(string text) { myproperty = text; } protected string myproperty; public string HelpTextKey { get { return myproperty; } set { myproperty = value; } } } </code></pre></li> <li><p>Added attribute to entity property as follows:</p> <pre><code>[HelpPrompt("ProjectDescription")] [Required(ErrorMessageResourceName = "ProjectDescriptionRequired", ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(EntityValidationMessages))] [StringLength(50, ErrorMessageResourceName = "ProjectDescriptionTooLong", ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(EntityValidationMessages))] public string ProjectDescription { get; set; } </code></pre></li> <li><p>Added Extension Method to Entities as follows:</p> <pre><code>public static class EntityBOExtensions { public static string PropertyHelp(this object objectBO, string PropertyName) { Type type = objectBO.GetType(); foreach (PropertyInfo pInfo in type.GetProperties()) { if (string.Compare(pInfo.Name, PropertyName) == 0) { foreach (Attribute attr in Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(pInfo)) { if (attr.GetType() == typeof(HelpPromptAttribute)) { string key = ((HelpPromptAttribute)attr).HelpTextKey; if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(key)) return EntityBOHelp.ResourceManager.GetString(key); } } } } return null; } } </code></pre></li> <li><p>Added a HtmlHelper (simple) as follows:</p> <pre><code>public static string LocalisedTextBoxWithHelp(this HtmlHelper helper, string name, object value, string helptext) { string textbox = helper.TextBox(name, value, new { helpprompt = helptext }); return textbox; } </code></pre></li> <li><p>And finally used the folowing markup in the View:</p> <pre><code> <%= Html.LocalisedTextBoxWithHelp("project.ProjectDescription", Model.ProjectDescription, Model.PropertyHelp("ProjectDescription"))%> </code></pre></li> </ol> <p>This does the job although it needs refinement. ;)</p>

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