// GET: Admin/VehicleItem/Create public async Task <ActionResult> Create() { var model = new VehicleItemModel { Items = await db.Items.ToListAsync(), Vehicles = await db.Vehicles.ToListAsync(), }; return(View(model)); }
//in the below convert method I take a vehicle item and conert it in to a vehicle item model using the application //db context to fill the collections and use the vehicle item thats sent in to fill the item id and vehicle id properties //and then return the model public static async Task <VehicleItemModel> Convert(this VehicleItem vehicleItem, ApplicationDbContext db, bool addListData = true) { var model = new VehicleItemModel { ItemId = vehicleItem.ItemId, VehicleId = vehicleItem.VehicleId, Items = addListData ? await db.Items.ToListAsync() : null, Vehicles = addListData ? await db.Vehicles.ToListAsync() : null, ItemTitle = (await db.Items.FirstOrDefaultAsync(i => i.Id.Equals(vehicleItem.ItemId))).Title, VehicleTitle = (await db.Vehicles.FirstOrDefaultAsync(v => v.Id.Equals(vehicleItem.VehicleId))).Title }; return(model); }