MVC: 404 error, ViewModel not found - html

Question

I'm new to MVC and getting this depressing error when I try to insert buttons into a table.
I have for my .cshtml ViewModel in EditorTemplates:
#model EditorForSample.Models.ProductViewModel
<tr>
<td>#Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.Selected)</td>
<td colspan="1">
#Model.Name
#Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Name)
</td>
<td>
#Model.Password
#Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Password)
</td>
<td>
#Html.RadioButtonFor(e => e.Locked, true)</td>
<td>
#Html.RadioButtonFor(e => e.Locked, false)</td>
</tr>
And for the model:
public class ProductViewModel
{
public bool Selected{ get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Password { get; set; }
public bool Locked { get; set; }
}
I'm getting a 404 error in the .cshtml even though I cannot determine why the syntax is wrong.
Edit: Okay, it turns out that the above actually does work when I manually change the URL and instead my problem is one of the routing randomly changing of its own accord and trying to redirect to the model view CSHTML.

Answer 1

You should send the viewmodel to the view like this.
ProductViewModel productViewModel= new ProductViewModel();
//populate productViewModel with values
View(productViewModel);
also make sure that you added the correct namespace at the top of your file
like this :
using Project.Models;
EDIT:
example for adding Radiobutton in view for same model property:
#Html.RadioButtonFor(model => model.Selected, "false")
#Html.RadioButtonFor(model => model.Selected, "true")
In controller it should be like:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(MyViewModel model)
{
return Content("IsFemale: " + model.Selected);
}
I think this will inspire you. Of course you have to modify it according to the way you need.