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atconway
atconway

Reputation: 21304

How to create a View from a Strongly Typed ViewModel?

I began using ViewModels to create custom views that represent several underlying EF entities in MVC4. I created a folder named 'ViewModels' in my MVC project and have my classes within that folder. What I want to do is create a new view based on the strongly typed ViewModel class. However the wizzard displayed when creating a View in ASP.NET MVC with the "Create a strongly-typed view" option and subsequent "Model Class" dropdown selection does not contain my ViewModel class. The only classes listed are those from my Entity Framework model.

How do I create a View based on my created ViewModel class or rather get it to show in that list of Model classes?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 833

Answers (2)

John W
John W

Reputation: 1512

You need to compile the MVC project before the new ViewModel class will show up in that dropdown.

Upvotes: 2

Shyju
Shyju

Reputation: 218722

Bu default, the Wizard will show all Class file names except those Controller files (which ends with Controller.cs)in the Model DropDown

Simply create a new normal View and then add this as the first line of the view file

@model YourViewModelClassName

Assuming YourViewModelClassName is the name of your class you created for ViewModel.

ex : If you have a Customer View Model like this

public class CustomerViewModel
{
  public string Name {set;get;}
}

So the view should be like this

@model CustomerViewModel
<p>Your view content can go here</p>

If your class ViewModel class resides in a a namespace, you need to specify the fully qualified class name

@model MyNameSpaceName.CustomerViewModel

Assuming MyNameSpaceName is the name of your namespace where this class resides

Upvotes: 0

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