@Html.DisplayText will not actually display text

Question

The following is the first section in the first row of a table on one of my ASP MVC3 Index pages. I\'ve stepped through the code when that page loads, and can see that the

Answer 1

The DisplayText is synonomous for Model.PropertyName.. so Model.PropertyName = @Html.DisplayText('PropertyName')

So if CE is not an attribute of your model, and you are just trying to output raw text than just replace that statement with the raw text:

        if (item.TableName.Equals("AgentContEd"))
        {
            <text>CE</text>
        }

Answer 2

use @: or <text></text> to specify html text inside a server side code if you do not have any other html in there.

if (item.TableName.Equals("AgentContEd"))
{
    @:CE
}
else if (item.TableName.Equals("AgentProductTraining"))
{
    <text>PT</text>
}

Answer 3

There are like 5 different ways of displaying text. In order to display a string you need to use

@Html.DisplayName(string)

Answer 4

You have to get Razor to realize that you are trying to display literal text. See this good
Razor syntax guide for more information.

if (item.TableName.Equals("AgentContEd")) { <text>CE</text> }