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ViewBag is a dynamic type object in the ASP.NET MVC framework that can be used to send miscellaneous data from the controller to the view.

ViewBag is a member of the ControllerBase class in the ASP.NET MVC framework. It's a dynamic type object that can be used to send miscellaneous data from the controller to the view. Its type is dynamic.

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Lifetime of ViewBag elements in ASP.net MVC3

When will the values of the ViewBag be flushed or cleared ?
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How can I use data placed into a ViewBag by a filter in my Error.cshtml view?

I have an action filter that is responsible for placing some common information into the ViewBag for use by all views in the shared _Layout.cshtml file. public class ProductInfoFilterAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute { public override void …
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MVC: Iterating a Viewbag array in javascript

The goal is to get the data from the ViewBag.Array to a Javascript array. The data is calculated in the controller so I cannot fetch it straight from the database. I need the data to draw a chart with jqplot. Code: for(i = 0; i <…
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Creating a class like ASP.NET MVC 3 ViewBag?

I have a situation where I would like to do something simular to what was done with the ASP.NET MVC 3 ViewBag object where properties are created at runtime? Or is it at compile time? Anyway I was wondering how to go about creating an object with…
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In a simple Viewbag.Title, getting a RuntimeBinderException

I have a really simple ViewBag.Title. Like this: @{ ViewBag.Title = "My Title"; ViewBag.MiniTitle = "Sub - Title"; } Which is being parsed on _Layout.cshtml, on the @ViewBag.Title However, I am getting this exception:…
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ViewBag.Title value overrides Model.Title for ASP.NET MVC Editor Template

When I set ViewBag.Title at the top of a Razor template, the Model.Title editor template text box is populated using the value of ViewBag.Title instead of the expected Model.Title value. Calling Html.EditorFor(x => Model.Title) explicitly does not…
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Difference between viewbag and viewstate?

Is there a functional difference between ViewState in Webforms and ViewBag in MVC? They seem to be the "same thing". And can be used in the same ways. I ask because MVC promotes the stateless Web and not stuffing data in the page causing bloat and…
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Store a value in ViewBag from javascript

How can I store a value in the ViewBag accessing it from javascript?
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MVC Passing ViewBag value from another controller

I've set a value into Viewbag.message in my default HomeController and successfully display it in my Shared/_Layout.cshtml. After that I added another TestController and in the TestController view, Viewbag.message seems to be null. May I know…
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Passing list from MVC ViewBag to JavaScript

I have a list of users which I pass from my controller to my view using the view bag. Now I need to be able to pass the same list to the javascript on the page. I could reconstruct the list using a foreach loop: @foreach (var item in…
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c# mvc model vs viewbag

Suppose you have a list of People A and a list of People B in a page. And these two are seperate classes in L2S, representing two different tables. Therefore, you cannot pass a single model as follows: ... @model PeopleA ... @foreach(var peopleA in…
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How to set Dynamic title of @Html.ActionLink from Controller?

i have @Html.ActionLink("Remove 1034, 1035, 1036", "RemoveSelected") Now i want to set each id from Controller for example: @Html.ActionLink(ViewBag.RemoveSelectedTitle, "RemoveSelected") //this is not work // GET: /TabMaster/ public…
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Clear the ViewBag?

Is there any way to clear the ViewBag? ViewBag has no setter, so it can't simply be nulled out: ViewBag = null; I also can't seem to use reflection to iterate over it and wipe out its dynamic properties, as you can't create an instance of a…
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How do I send assign a List to a JavaScript array or enumerable object

I have the following : ViewBag.SomeEnumerable = new List() { "string1", "string2" }; Now how do I assign ViewBag.SomeEnumerable to an array or some form of enumerable object on the JavaScript side? e.g.: function SomeFunction() { var…
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MVC3 RedirectToAction in a post method and ViewBag suppression

i'm currently working a list of data that i need to display in a view that represent a list and show for each item the corresponding action that can be executed, like edit them or delete them. For the edition there is no problem concedering that…
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