Allow Views with Models

[Korayem]

You may not consider this an "issue" but seeing how MvcMailer is all about MVC, i think not having a model in the view is an "issue". Relying on Viewbag is cool, but why not really follow the MVC pattern?

Would love to have my razor views setup a model type so that I can pass the model into the view using PopulateBody();

This should be possible:
var model = new ModelView(); model.FirstName = "Hello"; model.LastName = "World"; PopulateBody(mailMessage, "RazorView", model);

so that in RazorView.cshtml
@model MyModelView This is a @Model.FirstName @Model.LastName app!

[smsohan]

Just assign your model to this.ViewData and your view will find it as
any other view data passed into it.

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On 2011-06-24, at 5:21 PM, Korayem
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wrote:

You may not consider this an "issue" but seeing how MvcMailer is all about MVC, i think not having a model in the view is an "issue". Relying on Viewbag is cool, but why not really follow the MVC pattern?

Would love to have my razor views setup a model type so that I can pass the model into the view using PopulateBody();

This should be possible:
var model = new ModelView(); model.FirstName = "Hello"; model.LastName = "World"; PopulateBody(mailMessage, "RazorView", model);

so that in RazorView.cshtml
@model MyModelView This is a @Model.FirstName @Model.LastName app!

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#19

[Korayem]

Doh!!!

So it should be as simple as
var model = new ModelView(); ViewData = new ViewDataDictionary(model);

Never knew that. Thought I had to pass it as a parameter! I suggest you add this small tip to your wiki post for the ignorant folks like me :)

Sorry for the trouble and a million thanks for the quick response

[smsohan]

:)

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Sent from my iPhone

S M Sohan
Consultant
ThoughtWorks Canada
Suite 1100, 600 6th Ave SW
Calgary, AB T2P 0S5
Cell: +1 403 714 2673

On 2011-06-24, at 11:11 PM, Korayem
reply@reply.github.com
wrote:

Doh!!!

So it should be as simple as
var model = new ModelView(); ViewData = new ViewDataDictionary(model);

Never knew that. Thought I had to pass it as a parameter! I suggest you add this small tip to your wiki post for the ignorant folks like me :)

Sorry for the trouble and a million thanks for the quick reponse

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#19 (comment)

[junxy]

;) 👍