In my viewModel I have:
public class PersonViewModel
{
public Person Person { get; set; }
public int SelectRegionId { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Regions { get; set; }
}
But what do I have to do in my Controller/View to show the values? What I have now:
Controller:
public ActionResult Create()
{
var model = new ReUzze.Models.PersonViewModel
{
Person = new Person(),
Regions = new SelectList(this.UnitOfWork.RegionRepository.Get(), "Id", "Name")
};
return View(model);
}
View:
<div class="form-group">
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Person.Address.Region)
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectRegionId, new SelectList(Model.Regions, "Id", "Name"), "Choose... ")
</div>
But it gives an error like this:
Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Web.Mvc.SelectList' to 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Web.WebPages.Html.SelectListItem>'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)
Your ViewModel has a property of type 'IEnumerable', but SelectList does not satisfy that type. Change your code like this:
public class PersonViewModel
{
public Person Person { get; set; }
public int SelectRegionId { get; set; }
public SelectList Regions { get; set; }
}
View:
<div class="form-group">
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Person.Address.Region)
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectRegionId, Model.Regions, "Choose... ")
</div>