// GET: Books/Create
public ActionResult Create()
{
BookCreateViewModel newBook = new BookCreateViewModel();
ViewBag.AllAuthors = UpdateAuthors.GetAllAuthors(db);
ViewBag.AllGenres = UpdateGenres.GetAllGenres(db);
return View(newBook);
}
public static BookCreateViewModel ToViewModel(this Book book)
{
BookCreateViewModel newBook = new BookCreateViewModel();
newBook.Title = book.Title;
newBook.PublicationDate = book.PublicationDate;
newBook.UniqueNumber = book.UniqueNumber;
newBook.Author = book.Author;
newBook.SelectedGenre = book.Genre.GenreID;
newBook.SelectedAuthor = book.Author.AuthorID;
//return the ViewModel
return newBook;
}
// GET: TestView
public ActionResult TestView(BookCreateViewModel book)
{
ViewBag.BookCreate = book;
return View();
}
