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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Modeling and Presenting Data Using Strongly Typed Views

Mohammed Abdalla
Mohammed Abdalla
7,448 Points
Posted by Mohammed Abdalla
Mohammed Abdalla
7,448 Points

There is something wrong with the compiler

Need Help

VideoGamesController.cs 
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Treehouse.Models;
namespace Treehouse.Controllers
{
    public class VideoGamesController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Detail()
        {
            var videoGame = new VideoGame()
        {
                Title = "Super Mario 64",
                Description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.",
                Characters = new string[]
            {
                "Mario",
                "Princess Peach",
                "Bowser",
                "Toad",
                "Yoshi"
            }
        };
          /*  ViewBag.Title = "Super Mario 64";
            ViewBag.Description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.";
            ViewBag.Characters = new string[]
            {
                "Mario",
                "Princess Peach",
                "Bowser",
                "Toad",
                "Yoshi"
            };*/

            return View(videoGame);
        }
    }
}
Detail.cshtml 
@model Treehouse.Models.VideoGame
@{
    Model.PageTitle = "Video Game Detail";
}

<h1>  @Model.Title  </h1>

<h5>Description:</h5>
<div>@Model.Description</div>

<h5>Characters:</h5>
<div>
    <ul>
        @foreach (var character in Model.Characters)
        {
            <li>@character</li>
        }
    </ul>
</div>
VideoGame.cs 
namespace Treehouse.Models
{
    // Don't make any changes to this class!
    public class VideoGame
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
        public string[] Characters { get; set; }
        public string Publisher { get; set; }

        public string DisplayText
        {
            get
            {
                return Title + " (" + Publisher + ")";
            }
        }
    }
}
Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points
Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points

Can I get some more info on your problem? what error are you getting?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points

You converted one thing too many.

Changing ViewBag.PageTitle is not of of the instructions listed for task 2.