I am using an enum to store gender data, and used snippet of code in the create controller action to populate a SelectListItem from the enum , then I used a partial view to populate a dropdownlist from the SelectListItem. The dropdownlist shows items correctly. But when I sumbit the form I am getting this exception error.
This is the Enum Definition
public enum GenderEnum { Male = 1, Female = 2 }
public class Enums
{
public enum genderList { Male = 1, Female = 2 };
}
public class GenderModel
{
public GenderModel()
{
GenderList = new List<SelectListItem>();
}
[Display(Name = "Gender")]
public int GenderID { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> GenderList { get; set; }
}
This is my Controller Action
public ActionResult Create()
{
ViewBag.nationalityId = new SelectList(db.Nationalities, "nationalityId", "nationalityDescription");
GenderModel gm = new GenderModel();
IEnumerable<GenderEnum> GenderTypes = Enum.GetValues(typeof(GenderEnum)).Cast<GenderEnum>();
gm.GenderList = from gender in GenderTypes select new SelectListItem
{
Text = gender.ToString(),
Value = ((int)gender).ToString()
};
ViewBag.GenderData = gm;
return View();
}
I called the partial view from the create view like this
@{ var GenderModel = (recTest.Models.GenderModel)ViewBag.GenderData; }
@Html.Partial("~/Views/Shared/_GenderDropDown.cshtml", GenderModel)
and finally this is the partial view
@model recTest.Models.GenderModel
<div class="form-group">
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.GenderID, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.GenderID, Model.GenderList, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.GenderID, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
when submit the form I agetting this error
Additional information: The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'recTest.Applicant', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'recTest.Models.GenderModel'.
