The contactAddModel.Search always comes through as null - any ideas?
View declaration
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<rs30UserWeb.Models.StatusIndexModel>" %>
ViewModels
public class StatusIndexModel
{
public ContactAddModel contactAddModel;
public StatusMessageModel statusMessageModel;
}
public class ContactAddModel
{
[Required(ErrorMessage="Contact search string")]
[DisplayName("Contact Search")]
public string Search { get; set; }
}
View content
<% using (Html.BeginForm("AddContact", "Status")) { %>
<div>
<fieldset>
<legend>Add a new Contact</legend>
<div class="editor-label">
<%= Html.LabelFor(m => m.contactAddModel.Search) %>
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
<%= Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.contactAddModel.Search)%>
<%= Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.contactAddModel.Search)%>
</div>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Add Contact" />
</p>
</fieldset>
</div>
<% } %>
Controller
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult AddContact(Models.ContactAddModel model)
{
if (u != null)
{
}
else
{
ModelState.AddModelError("contactAddModel.Search", "User not found");
}
return View("Index");
}
