[RESOLVED] setting SelectListitem from List

[Bill Crawley]

Hi All,

I have the following declared on my viewModel and it is used to render a dropdown.

 [DisplayName("Area")]
 public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Areas { get; set; }

I pass the model into my controller and return a list of AreaTypes:

 public void GetTradeAllRisksLookupType(TradeAllRisksRiskViewModel viewModel)
        {
            List<AreaType> risks = _gridLookupRepository.All<AreaType>();

            IEnumerable<SelectListItem> tt = risks.AsEnumerable().OfType<SelectListItem>();

            viewModel.Areas = tt;
        }

my risks item contain 5 elements as I expect. My problem is setting that to the SelectListItem. tt is always empty. can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong.

THanks

[Bill Crawley]

Ok, I've managed to resolve it.

My viewModel becomes:

[DisplayName("Area")]
        public IEnumerable<AreaType> Areas { get; set; }

        #endregion View Model Lookup Properties

        #region Complex Types

        public class AreaType
        {
            [ScaffoldColumn(true)]
            public int Value { get; set; }
            public string Text { get; set; }
        }

        #endregion

and I populate with:

public void GetTradeAllRisksLookupType(TradeAllRisksRiskViewModel viewModel)
        {
            List<AreaType> risks = _gridLookupRepository.All<AreaType>();

            IEnumerable<TradeAllRisksRiskViewModel.AreaType> areaFlatData = risks.Select(x => new TradeAllRisksRiskViewModel.AreaType
            {
                Text = x.UIText,
                Value = x.Id
            });

            viewModel.Areas = areaFlatData;
       
        }