Question

I am converting a MVC2 app to MVC3.
I cannot seem to join up a View with an Editor Template.
So in my View the code is;

@model IEnumerable<ITOF.Models.LatestContractNumber>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "EditContractNumbers";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

using (Html.BeginForm())
       {
    <fieldset>
        <legend>Edit Latest Contract Numbers</legend>
        <div style="width:90%">
            <div style="width:45%; float:left; vertical-align:top;">
                <p>A contract number is in a format: AA/B999</p>
                <p>Where AA is a 2 character code for the division, for example CD.</p>
                <p>Where B is a letter for the contract, usually the first letter of the contract title.</p>
                <p>999 is a 3 digit number.</p>
                <p>The 999 number depends on the B letter. </p>
                <p>Initially all the numbers start as 1 and are incremented each time the B letter is used.</p>
                <p>This pages sets the initial 999 number for each B letter.</p>
                <p>Once the application is up and running, this page should be used initially and then no more.</p>  
                @if (TempData["Message"] != null && TempData["Message"].ToString().Trim().Length > 0)
                  { 
                  <p class="success">@TempData["Message"].ToString()</p>
                  }         
            </div>
            <div style="width:45%; float:right; vertical-align:top;">
                <div>
                <table>
                    <tr>
                        <td>Letter</td>
                        <td>Number</td>
                    </tr>
                    @Html.EditorForModel(Model)
                </table>
                </div>
                <div style="padding-top:20px">
                    <input type="submit" value="Submit Changes" />
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </fieldset>
    }

And my Editor Template is in the correct folder and now looks like;

@model ITOF.Models.LatestContractNumber
<tr>
    <td>
        @Html.HiddenFor(model => model.LatestContractNumberId)
        @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Letter) 
    </td>

    <td>
        @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Number, new { style = "width:30px" })
    </td>
</tr>

The Model in @Html.EditorForModel(Model) relates to @model IEnumerable at the top of the page.
In the Editor Template, this should translate to a loop of ITOF.Models.LatestContractNumber, hence at the top of the template I have put @model ITOF.Models.LatestContractNumber

Answer 1

The question turned out to be a red herring. The real problem was that having migrated to MVC and started prefixing partial views with _, the name of the Editor Template was invalid.
Thanks to Russ Cam for asking the right questions that got me the answer.