How to pass Membership object as a model to view? - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am trying to get all of the information for the user into a view with a form to edit the user's information. I have this controller action:
'
' GET: /Account/EditRegistry/5
Public Function EditRegistry(Optional id As String = Nothing) As ActionResult
' get user model
Dim model = Membership.GetUser(id)
' pass username to view
ViewData("UserName") = id
Return View(model)
End Function
And, I am using this view:
#ModelType MyBlog.RegisterModel
#Code
ViewData("Title") = "Register"
End Code
<h2>Create a New Account</h2>
<p>
Use the form below to create a new account.
</p>
<p>
Passwords are required to be a minimum of #Membership.MinRequiredPasswordLength characters in length.
</p>
<script src="#Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="#Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
#Using Html.BeginForm()
#Html.ValidationSummary(True, "Account creation was unsuccessful. Please correct the errors and try again.")
#<div>
<fieldset>
<legend>Account Information</legend>
#Html.Hidden("m.UserName", ViewData("UserName"))
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(Function(m) m.Email)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.TextBoxFor(Function(m) m.Email)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(m) m.Email)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(Function(m) m.Password)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.PasswordFor(Function(m) m.Password)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(m) m.Password)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(Function(m) m.ConfirmPassword)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.PasswordFor(Function(m) m.ConfirmPassword)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(m) m.ConfirmPassword)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(Function(m) m.Company, "Companies")
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.DropDownList("Company", String.Empty)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(m) m.Company)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(Function(m) m.IsCompanyOwner, "Company Owner?")
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.CheckBoxFor(Function(m) m.IsCompanyOwner)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(m) m.IsCompanyOwner)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(Function(m) m.Blog, "Blogs")
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.DropDownList("Blog", String.Empty)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(m) m.Blog)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(Function(m) m.IsBlogOwner, "Blog Owner?")
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.CheckBoxFor(Function(m) m.IsBlogOwner)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(m) m.IsBlogOwner)
</div>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Register" />
</p>
</fieldset>
</div>
End Using
The error I get is:
The model item passed into the dictionary is of type
'System.Web.Security.MembershipUser', but this dictionary requires a
model item of type 'MyBlog.RegisterModel'.
How can I resolve this error and get the user's info into the model and into the form in the view?

Answer 1

The error message is pretty self explanatory. Your view is strongly typed to MyBlog.RegisterModel but you are passing MembershipUser which is what the Membership.GetUser method returns. So go ahead and pass the correct model type to your view:
Public Function EditRegistry(Optional id As String = Nothing) As ActionResult
' get user model
Dim model = Membership.GetUser(id)
' build a view model
Dim viewModel = New RegisterModel()
viewModel.Email = model.Email
' pass username to view
ViewData("UserName") = id
Return View(viewModel)
End Function