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ASP.NET MVC: Model in strongly typed view not populating
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I am brand spanking new to ASP.NET MVC and I'm working through a tutorial to get the basics. The tutorial is in C# and I'm converting it to VB to stay consistent with some related projects. I have to assume that I'm missing something in that conversion but can't figure out what it could be.
I have the following class:
and a strongly-typed view related to that class:
My controller has a simple action method that takes that class and responds with another view:
Unfortunately, the form data from the post request isn't being populated in my GuestResponse class. If I insert a breakpoint in that action method, all the GuestResponse properties are empty. At the same time, the Request.Form values look as expected - they're just not filling in the GuestResponse object.
I'm sure it's something small I'm missing. Any help is appreciated.
I have the following class:
Public Class GuestResponse
Public Name As String
Public Email As String
Public Phone As String
Public WillAttend As Boolean?
End Class
and a strongly-typed view related to that class:
@ModelType PartyInvites.GuestResponse
@Code
Layout = Nothing
End Code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>RsvpForm</title>
</head>
<body>
@Using Html.BeginForm
@<p>Your name: @Html.TextBoxFor(Of String)(Function(x) x.Name)</p>
@<p>Your email: @Html.TextBoxFor(Of String)(Function(x) x.Email)</p>
@<p>Your phone: @Html.TextBoxFor(Of String)(Function(x) x.Phone)</p>
@<p>
Will you attend?
@Html.DropDownListFor(Of Boolean?)(Function(x) x.WillAttend,
New SelectListItem() {New SelectListItem With {.Text = "Yes, I'll be there", .Value = Boolean.TrueString},
New SelectListItem With {.Text = "No, I can't come", .Value = Boolean.FalseString}}, "Choose an option")
</p>
@<input type="submit" value="Submit RSVP" />
End Using
</body>
</html>
My controller has a simple action method that takes that class and responds with another view:
<HttpPost>
Function RsvpForm(g As GuestResponse) As ViewResult
'TODO: Email response to the party organizer
Return View("Thanks", g)
End Function
Unfortunately, the form data from the post request isn't being populated in my GuestResponse class. If I insert a breakpoint in that action method, all the GuestResponse properties are empty. At the same time, the Request.Form values look as expected - they're just not filling in the GuestResponse object.
I'm sure it's something small I'm missing. Any help is appreciated.
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