MVC Viewmodel cant access model with View

Question

How can I access my viewmodel from my view? my code is as follows:-,

I have two models (using entity framework) which have a view model of:-

 public class ViewModelStory
{
    public IEnumerable<tbl_GCB_NewsItem> GCB_NewsItem { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<tbl_GCB_ItemComment> comemnts { get; set; }

}

My contoller populates the models by:-

        ViewModelStory.GCB_NewsItem = (from i in db.tbl_GCB_NewsItem
                    where i.intItemIdentifier.ToString() == StoryId
                    select i).SingleOrDefault();

        ViewModelStory.comemnts = (from i in db.tbl_GCB_ItemComment
                                       where i.intItemIdentifier.ToString() == StoryId
                                       select i).ToList<tbl_GCB_ItemComment>();

I return the model by

      return PartialView("NewsStory", ViewModelStory);

then in my view I have the following declaration

@model ViewModelStory
@using GCBSMVC.Models

To access my model I have tried various from Linq to and directly querying the model, but nothing seems to work:- Html.DisplayFor(m =>m.GCB_NewsItem. .... ViewModelStory.GCB_NewsItem.strItemCategory Html.Raw(System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(ViewModelStory.GCB_NewsItem.strItemHeadline))

What does the return value of your controller action look like? Do you populate the view to return correctly, e.g return View("myView", myModel)? — hschne
– hschne, Commented Sep 10, 2014 at 14:19
I return it by : return PartialView("NewsStory", ViewModelStory); i shall also update the question forgot to add this bit. — chris
– chris, Commented Sep 10, 2014 at 15:38
I m afraid but you can't set ViewModelStory.GCB_NewsItem properties this way. Please make an object and then set properties. if your object has same name as class, please change it and try. — Ashish Charan
– Ashish Charan, Commented Sep 11, 2014 at 8:09

Artur Kedzior · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-11 08:14:37Z

1

You are passing the type of you model class instead of the actual class. Try this:

var model = new ViewModelStory();
model.GCB_NewsItem = (from i in db.tbl_GCB_NewsItem
                    where i.intItemIdentifier.ToString() == StoryId
                    select i).SingleOrDefault();

model.comemnts = (from i in db.tbl_GCB_ItemComment
                                       where i.intItemIdentifier.ToString() == StoryId
                                       select i).ToList<tbl_GCB_ItemComment>();

return PartialView("NewsStory", model);

answered Sep 11, 2014 at 8:14

Artur Kedzior

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