Html.HiddenFor value property not getting set

Question

I could have used

@Html.HiddenFor(x=> ViewData[\"crn\"])

but, I get,

Answer 1

I believe there is a simpler solution. You must use Html.Hidden instead of Html.HiddenFor. Look:

@Html.Hidden("CRN", ViewData["crn"]);

This will create an INPUT tag of type="hidden", with id="CRN" and name="CRN", and the correct value inside the value attribute.

Hope it helps!