p2p.wrox.com Forums - BOOK: Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 ISBN: 978-0-470-38461-9 http://p2p.wrox.com This is the forum to discuss the Wrox book Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 by Rob Conery, Scott Hanselman, Phil Haack, Scott Guthrie; ISBN: 978-0-470-38461-9 Read more about Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 or buy the book from your favorite retailer en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:37:31 GMT vBulletin 60 http://p2p.wrox.com/images/misc/rss.jpg p2p.wrox.com Forums - BOOK: Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 ISBN: 978-0-470-38461-9 http://p2p.wrox.com Getting started - Chapter 5 http://p2p.wrox.com/book-professional-asp-net-mvc-1-0-isbn-978-0-470-38461-9/77052-getting-started-chapter-5-a.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:03:48 GMT Hi all,

I feel like a complete idiot asking this but on page 244 (Chapter 5: Controllers) I can't get the code to work correctly. I am a complete beginner to MVC but have been using ASP and Webforms for years.

The book says:
Quote:
"Define a simple class here named Product"
. Um, where are we currently? Never mind, I have created the Product class in a folder in the root called 'Objects' for now.

The book then goes on to describe the Controller and View. I have the view but the texboxes are not populating with the product instance. What have I done wrong? (When I created the View I did not create a strongly typed view)

My view code is:

HTML Code:
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<Product>" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="MVC_App_WroxChapter3.Objects"%>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" runat="server">
        <title>Edit</title>
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">

    <h2>Edit</h2>
    <p><%= Html.Encode(ViewData["Message"]) %></p>
   
    <% using (Html.BeginForm())
      { %>
      <p>Name: <%= Html.TextBox("ProductName") %> <%= Html.ValidationMessage("ProductName") %>
      </p>
     
      <p>Price: £ <%= Html.TextBox("UnitPrice") %> <%= Html.ValidationMessage("UnitPrice") %>
      </p>
     
      <input type="submit" />
     
    <% } %>

</asp:Content>

Edit:

OK so if I return the view as such:

HTML Code:
return View(product);
then the form fields are completed.

But what is
HTML Code:
ViewData["product"] = product;
supposed to do?


Thanks,

Noob! ]]> BOOK: Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 ISBN: 978-0-470-38461-9 eno http://p2p.wrox.com/book-professional-asp-net-mvc-1-0-isbn-978-0-470-38461-9/77052-getting-started-chapter-5-a.html