+2  A: 

You will need to manually inject the values from ViewData. The helpers encapsulate this, but if you are writing straight HTML there's no way for ASP.NET MVC to know how to wire the values to the form elements.

<input type="text" id="Name" name="Name"
       value="<%= ViewData.Model.Name %>" />
CodeMonkey1  2009-02-06 02:30:32
I added an example to clarify.
tvanfosson  2009-02-06 03:43:09
FYI, as of RC1 you can specify Model.Name (don't need ViewData prefix).
Tim Scott  2009-02-06 15:26:23
Yes, you don't need the ViewData "prefix" but it will work both ways.
Andrei Rinea  2009-02-07 01:28:30

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