Custom ViewModel with MVC 2 Strongly Typed HTML Helpers return null object on Create ?
- by Barbaros Alp
Hi,
I am having a trouble while trying to create an entity with a custom view modeled create form. Below is my custom view model for Category Creation form.
public class CategoryFormViewModel
{
public CategoryFormViewModel(Category category, string actionTitle)
{
Category = category;
ActionTitle = actionTitle;
}
public Category Category { get; private set; }
public string ActionTitle { get; private set; }
}
and this is my user control where the UI is
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<CategoryFormViewModel>" %>
<h2>
<span><%= Html.Encode(Model.ActionTitle) %></span>
</h2>
<%=Html.ValidationSummary() %>
<% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%>
<p>
<span class="bold block">Baslik:</span>
<%=Html.TextBoxFor(model => Model.Category.Title, new { @class = "width80 txt-base" })%>
</p>
<p>
<span class="bold block">Sira Numarasi:</span>
<%=Html.TextBoxFor(model => Model.Category.OrderNo, new { @class = "width10 txt-base" })%>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" class="btn-admin cursorPointer" value="Save" />
</p>
<% } %>
When i click on save button, it doesnt bind the category for me because of i am using custom view model and strongly typed html helpers like that
<%=Html.TextBoxFor(model => Model.Category.OrderNo) %>
How can i fix this ?
Thanks in advance
