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Adding list with data from other model than the page type?
I actually solved it via a ViewModel combining the currentPage with my external service data and setting the properties of my new ViewModel and then setting my cshtml to have the ViewModel as model instead, yay!
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Nov 17, 2016 16:53
Sounds like you took the right turn yes :)
There are a few examples in alloy project for extending viewmodels with custom properties...
Nov 17, 2016 17:12
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Being fairly new to MVC and also new to a higher version if CMS than 6 R2 I asume this is a nooby question.
I have a PageType called called EducationList with just two simple string properties, Header and Body.
Under the Body I want to present a list of educations that comes from a whole other database. Actually a service with a nice model structure but not at all related to EpiServer.
In my EducatioListController I can easily get an object from the external service but how do I get that to show in the view (EducationList/Index.cshtml). The view only seems to be able to read things from the PageType Model and going via the ViewBag doesn't seem like a very elegant idea.
So... now what, is this were a View Model should be used or something else I have no clue about? I can't find any MVC tutorials on this including an EPiServer angle.