Question

I have a model for a drop down menu similar to this one. I am trying to create a controller for it.

public ActionResult Index()
    {
        ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";
        return View(new MyData());
    }

And I create my View like this

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.State,
new SelectList(Model.StateList, "Value", "Text"))

But I am receiving the error below for the line above:

Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'System.Collections.Generic.List<Projects.Models.MyData>' does not contain a definition for 'StateList' and no extension method 'StateList' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List<Projects.Models.MyData>' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Can you please direct me what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

the problem is @model List<ProjectName.Models.MyData>
simply change it to

@model Projects.Models.MyData

cheers!