Populate DropDownList in MVC 5

Question

Here is my code for my AddNewProductViewModel

using AccessorizeForLess.Data;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataA         


        

Answer 1

I solved the issue (thanks to everyone for the tips). This is for anyone who may be having issues like I was.

I changed my Create method to look like so:

// GET: /Products/Create
public ActionResult Create()
{
    var p = new AddNewProductViewModel();
    p.Categories = entities.ProductCategories.ToList();
    return View(p);
}

My AddNewProductViewModel looks like so:

using AccessorizeForLess.Data;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Web;

namespace AccessorizeForLess.ViewModels
{
    public class AddNewProductViewModel
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.MultilineText)]
        public string Description { get; set; }

        public decimal Price { get; set; }

        public string AltText { get; set; }

        public int Quantity { get; set; }

        public HttpPostedFileBase Image { get; set; }

        public int SelectedCategoryId {get;set;}
        public List Categories { get; set; }
        public ProductCategory Category { get; set; }
    }
}

The in my view:

    @Html.LabelFor(model => model.SelectedCategoryId, "Category",new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
    

        @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectedCategoryId, new SelectList(Model.Categories, "CategoryId", "CategoryName"), "- Please Select -")
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.SelectedCategoryId)
    

Thanks for the help everyone :)