Question

I would like to use two models in one view. For that I have the following set up.
In a single .cs file I have the following model code:

public class Class1   
{
   //List of atttributes 1.
}

public class Class2   
{
   //List of atttributes 2.
}


 public class ParentView
{
   public Class1 Class1{get; set;}
   public Class2 Class2{get; set;}

}

To make use of these two classes in one view I reference

@model IEnumerable<Project.Models.ParentView> 

in the View .cshtml page. and In my view code there is this code that is breaking up .. I get an error saying – “The models.parentview does not have a definition of Class1Attribute and no extension method…..etc..” How can I classify the statement below so that it recognizes the attribute.

@foreach (var item in Model)
  {

        @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1Attribute)

        @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1Atttribute)    


  }

thanks for your help.

Answer 1

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1.Class1Attribute)

Do you have multiple ParentViews in your Model? If not then you can just have

@model Project.Models.ParentView

Then reference your Class Attributes as

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => Model.Class1.Class1Attribute)
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => Model.Class2.Class2Attribute)