ASP.NET MVC: How do I pass a list (from a class in Model) to a repeater in a View?

Question

How do I do the above? I\'ve started using MVC and I\'m having issues passing data around.

My specific problem is to do with a list of objects I have in my Model whi

Answer 1

ASP.NET MVC has a couple ways to pass data to your View. The primary way of passing your model classes to the View is to include it in the returned ViewResult class from your controller, like below:

Function List() As ViewResult
    ' pass other information in the viewdata dictionary
    ViewData("Title") = "All Items"
    ' get our item list from the Model classes
    Dim items = Model.ItemRepository.GetAllItems()
    ' return as part of result
    Return View(items)
End Function

Then from within your view you can access that list like below:

<% For Each item In ViewData.Model %>
    <%=item.Name%>
<% End If %>

The other method of passing data is thru the ViewData dictionary as shown in the controller function above. You can access that from within your view like:

<%=ViewData("Title")%>

Hope that helps.