C# MVC - Strongly type viewdata

Question

i create a strongly type LocationViewData has a properties

...
public Location location { get; set; }
...

which is Location model (location.address, location.country ..etc)

in controller

public ActionResult Edit(int id)
{
    ...
    LocationViewData ld = new LocationViewData();
    ...
    return View(ld);
}

in view codebehind

public partial class Edit : ViewPage<MvcTest.Models.LocationViewData>
{
}

And my question is how i can auto get value from location properties in viewdata to display on textbox (ViewData.Model.location.address).

<%=Html.TextBox("address") %>

i don't want specify each field like this

<%=Html.TextBox("address", ViewData.Model.location.address) %>

Answer 1

It already works exactly like that. Start a new MVC (beta 1) project, and put this in the "Index" action of the "Home" controller:

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
     this.ViewData.Model = new MyObject
     {
      Name = "Timmy",
      FavColor = "Blue",
     };

     return View();
    }

    public class MyObject
    {
     public string Name { get; set; }

     public string FavColor { get; set; }
    }
}

Now, put this in the View:

<%=Html.TextBox("FavColor") %>

It'll say "Blue" in it. It tries to bind by the name already (MVC checks a few places, one of which is the "Model").

EDIT: What you need to do is:

1. Make sure that "location" is a property, and that "address" is a property.

2. put "location.address" as the name... not just "address".