Adding features while creating User in mvc using checkbox

Question

i want to create users with special features in mvc. when user is going to create i want to assign some special feature to each user like particular user having his own house, h

Answer 1

Use view models to represent what you display and edit

public class FeatureVM
{
  public int ID { get; set; }
  public string Name { get; set; }
  public bool IsSelected { get; set; }
}

public class UserVM
{
  public string Name { get; set; }
  public string Address { get; set; }
  public List<FeatureVM> Features { get; set; }
}

Controller

public ActionResult Create()
{
  UserVM model = new UserVM();
  model.Features = // map all available features
  return View(model);
}

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(UserVM model)
{

}

View

@model UserVM
@using(Html.BeginForm())
{
  @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name)
  @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)
  @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Name)
  .....
  for(int i = 0; i < Model.Features.Count; i++)
  {
    @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Features[i].ID)
    @Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.Features[i].IsSelected)
    @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Features[i].IsSelected, Model.Features[i].Name)
  }
  <input type="submit" value="Create" />
}

Answer 2

try with this, in you Model of Feature add a new property

public bool isFeatureOf { get; set; }

also in your model for the method AddNewUser change it to

    public void AddNewUser(User userAdd,List<Feature> features)
    {
        userService = new UserService(userDbContext);
        User = userService.AddUser(userAdd);
        userService.SaveUser();

        //featureService = new FeatureService(yourdbcontext)
        foreach (Feature item in features)
        {
            //save to db
          featureService.SaveFeature(item,User.Id);
          //i don't know if in your database you already have a table,colum or something to map the features by user
        }

    }

then in your view

for(int index=0; index < Model.Features.Count(); index++)
{
  @Html.HiddenFor(m=>Model.Features[index].NameFeature) 
  @Html.Raw(Model.Features[index].NameFeature)
  @Html.CheckBoxFor(m=>Model.Features[index].isFeatureOf)

}

also in your view you'll need to change this

     <div>
        @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.User.UserName)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.UserName)
        </div>
    <div>
       @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.User.UserAddres)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.UserAddres)
        </div>

to:

      <div>
      @Html.TextBoxFor(m =>Model.User.UserName)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => Model.User.UserName)
        </div>
   <div>
         @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.User.UserAddres)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m =>Model.User.UserAddres)
        </div>

in your controller change your param to get the whole Model like this

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Create(ViewModelUserWithFeature model)
    {
           if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
              model.AddNewUser(model.User,model.Features);
            } 
    return RedirectToAction("Index", viewModelUserWithFeature);
    }

hope this can help you