// GET: Survey
public ActionResult Index()
{
// Create the list of possible answers for questions
// Each questions may have a different number of answers
// In this case all questions have 3 possible answers
var possibleAnswers = new List <AnswerViewModel3>
{
new AnswerViewModel3 {
Id = 1, Text = "Fair"
},
new AnswerViewModel3 {
Id = 2, Text = "Average"
},
new AnswerViewModel3 {
Id = 3, Text = "Good"
},
};
// Get the questions from the database
// This is a data sample
var questions = new List <QuestionViewModel3>
{
// Rdio button input
new QuestionViewModel3
{
Id = 1,
Text = "Question 1",
QuestionInputType = QuestionInputType.RadioButton,
PossibleAnswers = possibleAnswers,
},
// Textbox input
new QuestionViewModel3
{
Id = 2,
Text = "Question 2",
QuestionInputType = QuestionInputType.TextBox,
},
// Text Area input
new QuestionViewModel3
{
Id = 3,
Text = "Question 3",
QuestionInputType = QuestionInputType.TextArea,
}
};
// Create a new view model
var model = new SurveyViewModel3();
// Copy the questions from the data model into the view model
foreach (var item in questions)
{
model.Questions.Add(item);
}
return(View(model));
}
public ActionResult Index(SurveyViewModel3 model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Save the questions with selected answers from the VM to your database
foreach (var question in model.Questions)
{
// question.Id; //to get the question id;
// question.SelectedAnswer; // to get radio box answer
// question.input; // to get the textbox value; if number use Parse or TryParse
// questions.QuestionInputType; //to get the type input: radio, textbox, textarea
}
// Return to to your home
return(RedirectToAction("Index", "Home"));
}
// Issue with the model
return(View(model));
}