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

Aftab Bashir
Aftab Bashir
1,830 Points
Posted by Aftab Bashir
Aftab Bashir
1,830 Points

Got an error "Using Directive"

Treehouse.Models.VideoGame' is atype' but a `variable' was expected

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",
                }
            };
            return View(VideoGame);
        }
    }
}
Detail.cshtml 
@model Treehouse.Models.VideoGame

@{
    ViewBag.PageTitle = Model.DisplayText;
}

<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 + ")";
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

You nearly had it — just one little typo! :hushed:

:point_right: VideoGame (capital "V") is a type, and videoGame (little "v") is your variable.

Look where you pass an argument in your call View.

Aftab Bashir
Aftab Bashir
1,830 Points
Aftab Bashir
Aftab Bashir
1,830 Points

oh! Thanks.. It worked :)