public ActionResult Create(CreateMediaViewModel model)
{
try
{
string FileName = UploadFile(model.File) ?? string.Empty;
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
if (model.CategoryId == -1)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Please review the input fields");
return(View(GetAllCategories()));
}
var Category = categoryRepository.Find(model.CategoryId);
var media = new Media
{
Name = model.Name,
Image = FileName,
MediaCategory = Category
};
repository.Add(media);
return(RedirectToAction("index"));
}
return(View(model));
}
catch
{
return(View(model));
}
}
public ActionResult Create()
{
var model = new CreateMediaViewModel
{
Categories = FillCategory()
};
return(View(model));
}
// if the client didn't select or select -1 value and submit the form then the form will return back
// so we need to send the view model again with the categories
CreateMediaViewModel GetAllCategories()
{
CreateMediaViewModel model = new CreateMediaViewModel
{
Categories = FillCategory()
};
return(model);
}