Question

I am implementing a backoffice in mvc3 c# and i would like to have a field that is a drop down list with 3 fields “ComingSoon,Out,Showing”. These fields are not a part of any class. Do i have to create a helper class ?
i have tried the following

<% List<string> foo = new List<string>();
   foo.Add("Showing");
   foo.Add("ComingSoon);"
   foo.Add("Out");

   Html.DropDownList(foo, Model.Status); %>

Status is the field in the db that need to be updated.

Answer 1

Html.DropDownList("Status", 
    new SelectListItem[]{ new SelectListItem{ Text= "Showing", Value="Showing"},
    //same for others
});