public ActionResult addItem(ViewModelForAddItem temp)
{
ViewModelForAddItem VMForAddItems = (ViewModelForAddItem)HttpContext.Application["ViewModel_addItems"];
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
List<Item> items = (List<Item>)HttpContext.Application["items"];
temp.current.ID = items.Count + 1;
items.Add(temp.current);
return RedirectToAction("MainPage");
}
else
{
//there is a validation error
return View(VMForAddItems);
}
}
protected void Application_Start()
{
//creates a list of items (model) and creates an instance of ViewModelForAddItem (model)
List<Item> items = refreshDatabase();
ViewModelForAddItem addItemVM = new ViewModelForAddItem();
addItemVM.categoryList = new[]
{
new SelectListItem { Text = "Computer" },
new SelectListItem { Text = "Printer" }
};
Application["items"] = items;
Application["ViewModel_addItems"] = addItemVM;
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
}
