Google Chrome HttpPost issue - asp.net-mvc

Question

I'm relatively new to ASP.net mvc, and am experiencing a very strange browser error. The problem is that it's on the customer's pc (which I have yet to get access to).
There seems to be an intermittent problem posting data from his computer, at the moment he has only tried chrome (and I have requested he try different browsers). I haven't been able to replicate the issue and have tried on two computers, three browsers and three different operating systems (windows 7, windows 8 (via mac parallels) and Osx Mavericks) .
I'll post the model and relevant controller code (hopefully it's not too sloppy coding)
I've clarified the following:
- we are both using the same version of chrome
- we both use the same ISP
- He has AVG running
-the site is hosted on Azure
- there is plenty of database and file memory allocated (only 10% being used)
- very little in my code has varied from online examples and again, it all works for me
So my question is really, where else do I look to find the errors:
- is there something in the code that I should consider adding or changing
- could it be a cookie issue on his version of chrome?
- is there a firewall issue somewhere?
model
public class KitchenItem:Post
{
public virtual ICollection<Image> Images { get; set; }
//Optional Project Variables
public bool Project { get; set; }
public string ProjectName { get; set; }
public string Customer { get; set; }
public DateTime? projectStart { get; set; }
public DateTime? projectEnd { get; set; }
}
}
inherited model:
public class Post
{
public int Id
{ get; set; }
[Required]
public string Title
{ get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name="Short Description")]
[DataType(DataType.MultilineText )]
public string ShortDescription
{ get; set; }
[Required]
[AllowHtml]
[UIHint("tinymce_full_compressed")]
public string Description
{ get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Meta Keywords")]
[DefaultValue (" ")]
public string Meta
{ get; set; }
public string UrlSlug
{ get; set; }
public bool Published
{ get; set; }
public DateTime? PostedOn
{ get; set; }
public DateTime? Modified
{ get; set; }
public int? CategoryID { get; set; }
public Category Category
{ get; set; }
[NotMapped]
public HttpPostedFileBase uploadedFile { get; set; }
public string mainImagePath { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Tag> Tags
{ get; set; }
}
ViewModel:
public class CreateProjectViewModel
{
public KitchenItem KitchenItem { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Upload Image")]
public HttpPostedFileBase[] ImagesFiles { get; set; }
public Image[] Images { get; set; }
public int CategoryID { get; set; }
public int[] imageDeletes { get; set; }
}
Create Post:
[HttpPost]
[Authorize]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create(CreateProjectViewModel viewModel)
{
KitchenItem model = new KitchenItem();
model = viewModel.KitchenItem;
try
{
/*
*Create ID from total Images to allow for specific folders to be created when file saved, iteration (totalImages)
*Calls for loop for each element of array to ensure that specific titles and tags are associated to correct image
* Add image to model collection to be saved to db
*/
List<Image> imgCollection = new List<Image>();
int totalKitchenItems = unitofWork.KitchenItemRepository.dbSet.Count() + 1;
//update model images
model.Images = handleEditImage(viewModel.ImagesFiles, viewModel.Images, imgCollection, model.Id);
//Log date posted
model.PostedOn = DateTime.Now;
Category cat = new Category();
model.Category = unitofWork.CategoryRepository.GetByID(viewModel.CategoryID);
//create post
unitofWork.KitchenItemRepository.Insert(model);
unitofWork.Save();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
catch (DbEntityValidationException dbEx)
{
foreach (var validationErrors in dbEx.EntityValidationErrors)
{
foreach (var validationError in validationErrors.ValidationErrors)
{
Trace.TraceInformation("Class: {0}, Property: {1}, Error: {2}",
validationErrors.Entry.Entity.GetType().FullName,
validationError.PropertyName,
validationError.ErrorMessage);
}
foreach (var eve in dbEx.EntityValidationErrors)
{
Console.WriteLine("Entity of type \"{0}\" in state \"{1}\" has the following validation errors:",
eve.Entry.Entity.GetType().Name, eve.Entry.State);
foreach (var ve in eve.ValidationErrors)
{
Console.WriteLine("- Property: \"{0}\", Error: \"{1}\"",
ve.PropertyName, ve.ErrorMessage);
}
}
}
PopulateCategoriesDropDownList(0);
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
}
Handle Image & Add Image Functions:
public ICollection<Image> handleEditImage(HttpPostedFileBase[] imageFiles, Image[] images, ICollection<Image> modelImages, int modelID)
{
/*
*Create ID from total Images to allow for specific folders to be created when file saved, iteration (totalImages)
*Calls for loop for each element of array to ensure that specific titles and tags are associated to correct image
* Add image to model collection to be saved to db
*/
List<Image> imgCollection = new List<Image>();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
Image uploadImage = new Image();
//check to make sure there is an image
if (imageFiles[i] != null)
{
//handle httppostedfilebase conversion to image file and add Url to image model
uploadImage = AddImage(imageFiles[i], images[i], modelID);
//Add img to be updated to model
imgCollection.Add(uploadImage);
}
}
if (modelImages != null)
{
//check for deleted images
foreach (var img in modelImages)
{
//loop through image array to determine whether image is currently assigned to model
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
if (images[i].ImageUrl != null)
{
//replace string element modified before passed to view
images[i].ImageUrl = images[i].ImageUrl.Replace("../../", "~/");
}
if (img.ImageUrl == images[i].ImageUrl)
{
imgCollection.Add(img);
}
}
}
}
return imgCollection;
}
public Image AddImage(HttpPostedFileBase imageToSave, Image modelImage, int Id)
{
Image img = new Image();
img = modelImage;
img.ImageUrl = SaveUploadedFile(imageToSave, Id);
unitofWork.ImagesRepository.Insert(img);
return img;
}