How to set value to text are in MVC

Question

I have a text area

<%=Html.TextArea("CDescr", "", new { Class = "textarea1" })%>

I want to set value to this textare from controller. How can I do that ?

Answer 1

Add the value in the Action method to the ViewData:

public ActionResult Index()
{
  ViewData["MyValue"] = "Some text";
  return View();
}

Then, use the value to set the text:

<%=Html.TextArea("CDescr", ViewData["MyValue"], new { @class = "textarea1" })%>