Question

I am trying to create a simple contact form. Here is my model:

Imports System.Data.Entity
Imports System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations

Public Class Contact

    Public Property Name() As String
    Public Property Title() As String
    Public Property Company() As String
    Public Property CompanyAddress() As String
    Public Property PhoneNumber() As String
    Public Property NumberOfEmployees() As String
    Public Property EmailAddress() As String
    Public Property Subject() As String
    Public Property Message() As String

End Class

Here is my View:

@ModelType MyBlog.Contact
@Code
    ViewData("Title") = ViewBag.Title
End Code
@Using Html.BeginForm()

    @Html.LabelFor(Function(model) model.EmailAddress)
    @Html.EditorFor(Function(model) model.EmailAddress)
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(model) model.EmailAddress)

    @<input type="submit" value="Send" />

End Using

And, here is my controller:

Function Contact() As ActionResult

    Return View("", "_FinalSubPageLayout", "")

End Function

The error I get is:

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type ‘System.String’,
but this dictionary requires a model item of type ‘MyBlog.Contact’.

What can I do to resolve this error? Thank you.

Answer 1

 'Return View("", "_FinalSubPageLayout", "")

  Dim myModel as New Blog.Contact
  'fill myModel

  Return View("", "_FinalSubPageLayout", myModel)

I’m not sure about that first "", you may need to specify the actual name or pass Nothing or something.