Custom ViewModel with MVC 2 Strongly Typed HTML Helpers return null object on Create?

Question

I am having a trouble while trying to create an entity with a custom view modeled create form. Below is my custom view model for Category Creation form.

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Answer 1

Make a default constructor for your viewmodel and initialize the Category there

public CategoryFormViewModel() 
{ 
    Category = new Category()
}

And at your controller action receive the viewmodel

public ActionResult ActionName(CategoryFormViewModel model)
{
    //here you can access model.Category.Title
}