MVC 4 - Use a different model in partial view

Question

Please bear with my noobness, I\'m super new to the MVC pattern.

What I\'m trying to do

I am building a profile information page for re

Answer 1

There is an overload of @Html.Partial which allows you to send ViewData as defined in your controller - this is the method I generally use for partial views. In your controller define ViewData["mypartialdata"] as ViewDataDictionary. Then in your view

@Html.Partial("_ModifyProfileInfo",ViewData["mypartialdata"])