public IActionResult SelectCategory(CategoryViewModel vm)
{
CategoryModel catModel = new CategoryModel(_db);
MenuItemModel menuModel = new MenuItemModel(_db);
List <MenuItem> items = menuModel.GetAllByCategory(vm.CategoryId);
List <MenuItemViewModel> vms = new List <MenuItemViewModel>();
if (items.Count > 0)
{
foreach (MenuItem item in items)
{
MenuItemViewModel mvm = new MenuItemViewModel();
mvm.Qty = 0;
mvm.CategoryId = item.CategoryId;
mvm.CategoryName = catModel.GetName(item.CategoryId);
mvm.Description = item.Description;
mvm.Id = item.Id;
mvm.PRO = item.Protein;
mvm.SALT = item.Salt;
mvm.FAT = Convert.ToDecimal(item.Fat);
mvm.FBR = item.Fibre;
mvm.CHOL = item.Cholesterol;
mvm.CAL = item.Calories;
mvm.CARB = item.Carbs;
vms.Add(mvm);
}
MenuItemViewModel[] myMenu = vms.ToArray();
HttpContext.Session.Set <MenuItemViewModel[]>("menu", myMenu);
}
vm.SetCategories(HttpContext.Session.Get <List <Category> >("categories"));
return(View("Index", vm)); // need the original Index View here
}