Passing form values from one controller view to another form on a different controllers view in asp MVC - asp.net-mvc

Question

Okay I'm new to MVC and trying to make me a webpage where I can transfer to small form box with a zip code and button, to quote page that will fill in the zip code part on the quote page.
My problem is I have two controllers a homeController that has a index view with a small form box. I need to pass the zip code to the QuoteController which has it's own view that populated with the new zip code.
the home controller input, indexview
#using (Html.BeginForm("Quote", "Quote"))
<p>Move From Zip:</p>
<input type="text" name="Zip"/><br />
<input type="submit" value="Next" name="next">
the quote form to receive the zip, on the quote controller, on the quote view
#Html.Label("Move From Zip ")<br />
#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.MoveFromZip, "", new { maxlength = 5, #class = "short-textbox" })
what's the easiest way of doing this

Answer 1

In your Index view of HomeController, you can keep the form action to "Quote/Quote"
#using (Html.BeginForm("Quote", "Quote"))
{
<input type="text" name="Zip" />
<input type="submit" />
}
Create a view model for your Quote action method view in QuoteController
public class QuoteVm
{
public string Zip { set;get;
}
and in your QuoteController's Quote action method
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Quote(QuoteVm model)
{
return View(model);
}
and your Quote view will be
#model QuoteVm
<p>Data passed(POSTED) from Index view</p>
#using(Html.BeginForm("QuoteSave","Quote"))
{
#Html.TextBoxFor(s=>s.Zip)
<input type="submit" />
}
Now for your form submit in this view, you need to have another HttpPost action method
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult QuoteSave(QuoteVm model)
{
// to do : Do something and return something
}