Question

i am doing a simple (I think) tutorial for MVC. The only issue is the tutorial uses Razor and I need to use ASPX. Job I’m looking at uses it.

I have spent hours looking over the internet for possibilities but I am still getting this error:

Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to
service this request. Please review the following
specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.
Compiler Error Message: CS1061: ‘object’ does not contain a definition
for ‘Name’ and no extension method ‘Name’ accepting a first argument
of type ‘object’ could be found (are you missing a using directive or
an assembly reference?) Source Error:

Line 12:
Line 13:
Line 14: Restaurant: <%: Model.Name %>
Line 15: Rating: <%: Model.Rating %>
Line 16:

The controller code is:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using EdeToFood.Models;

namespace EdeToFood.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";

            var model = new RestaurantReview()
            {
                Name = "Tersiguil's",
                Rating = 9
            };

            return View(model);
        }

        public ActionResult About()
        {
            ViewBag.Location = "Maryland, USA";
            return View();
        }
    }
}

The ASPX is:

%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server">
    Home Page
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
    <h2><%: ViewBag.Message %></h2>
    <p>
        To learn more about ASP.NET MVC visit <a href="http://asp.net/mvc" title="ASP.NET MVC Website">http://asp.net/mvc</a>.
    </p>

    <div >
    Restaurant:  <%: Model.Name %>
    Rating:  <%: Model.Rating %>

    </div>
</asp:Content>

Answer 1

If you want to use strongly typed views You have to define the View Model of the page in this line:

Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<TheViewModel>" %>

So in your case it should be;

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" 
    Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<RestaurantReview>" %>

If you don’t specify anything as you did, The ViewModel will be object, and as you well know, it doesn’t have Name or Rating properties.