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

Mohammed Hossen
Mohammed Hossen
5,591 Points
Posted by Mohammed Hossen
Mohammed Hossen
5,591 Points

How to resolve assembly reference error?

Hi, I am getting an error message while trying to create an array of Characters property. I am not clear how to resolve this issue.

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 Characters[]
                {
                    new Characters(){"Mario"},
                    new Characters(){"Princess Peach"},
                    new Characters(){"Bowser"},
                    new Characters(){"Toad"},
                    new Characters(){"Yoshi"}
                }
            };

            return View(videoGame);
        }
    }
}
Detail.cshtml 
@model Treehouse.Models.VideoGame
@{
    ViewBag.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 + ")";
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Mohammed Hossen
Mohammed Hossen
5,591 Points
Mohammed Hossen
Mohammed Hossen
5,591 Points

Nevermind, I figured out the solution.

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[5]
                {
                   "Mario",
                     "Princess Peach" ,
                     "Bowser" ,
                      "Toad" ,
                        "Yoshi"
                }
            };