ASP.NET & MVC Hybrid app model not working

Question

I have a web application containing both asp.net web forms and mvc views but run into issues with strongly typed models in the view.

This is the page directive from the view:

<%@ Page Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<Survey.Models.SurveyResponse>" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/ExternalSurvey.Master" %>

but within the view i have no access to the Model property.

In the controller i have

return (new Survey.Models.SurveyResponse());

Why do i not have access to the Model property within the view?

Answer 1

To get a Strongly Typed Model in the view, you need to use the ViewModel pattern outlined here.

Answer 2

I'm guessing, from the nature of your return statement in the question, that SurveyResponse inherits from something--perhaps ViewResponse. This isn't quite the way to go about this. Rather, you need to create a data object that encapsulates the data you wish to view, then pass it through a view response:

MyDataObject obj = new MyDataObject();
//set some properties, etc
return View(MyDataObject);

Then you can access MyDataObject in a strongly typed manner via the Model property.