Add #Html.CheckBoxFor to email asp.net mvc 4 - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have checkboxes in my feedback form, it looks like
I add checkboxes in my model
namespace CorePartners_Site2.Models
{
public class CareerForm
{
//...
public List<CheckBoxes> EmploymentType { get; set; }
}
public class CheckBoxes
{
public string Text { get; set; }
public bool Checked { get; set; }
}
}
add to my controller
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult CareerForm()
{
CareerForm model = new CareerForm();
model.EmploymentType = new List<CheckBoxes>
{
new CheckBoxes { Text = "Fulltime" },
new CheckBoxes { Text = "Partly" },
new CheckBoxes { Text = "Contract" }
};
return View(model);
}
but then I need to add selected checkboxes to email, but I dont know how to do it.
I tried
public ActionResult CareerForm(CareerForm Model, HttpPostedFileBase Resume)
{
System.Net.Mail.MailMessage msg = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage();
msg.BodyEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
string message = //...
"Type: " + Model.EmploymentType;
msg.Body = message;
//....
}
but I get in my email just text Type: System.Collections.Generic.List`1[CheckBoxes]
How to make it work right?

Answer 1

something like following
string message = "Type: ";
foreach(var item in Model.EmploymentType)
{
if (item.Checked)
message += item.Text;
}

Answer 2

Your model.EmploymentType is a List<CheckBoxes>
model.EmploymentType = new List<CheckBoxes>
You will have to access it's value with index. You are converting to string
a System.Collection.Generic.

Answer 3

You will need to get a the text values from each checked checkbox in your list.
This is a list:
model.EmploymentType = new List<CheckBoxes>...
You want the checked ones:
var checked = model.EmploymentType.Where(x => x.Checked);
Then you want the Text property from those boxes:
string message = "Type: " + checked.Text;
Put this together inside your controller action and I'd expect it to look like this:
public ActionResult CareerForm(CareerForm Model, HttpPostedFileBase Resume)
{
System.Net.Mail.MailMessage msg = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage();
msg.BodyEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
string message = "Type: ";
foreach(var box in Model.EmploymentType.Where(x => x.Checked)) {
message += box.Text + " ";
}
msg.Body = message;
}