I have tried doing the following:

Created a Model called CustomRenderModel which is a subclass of RenderModel

public class CustomRenderModel : RenderModel
{

    public CustomRenderModel(IPublishedContent content) : base(content) { }
    public CustomClassX ClassX { get; set; }
    public CustomClassY ClassY{ get; set; }
    public Dictionary<string, string> Messages = new Dictionary<string, string>();
}

And done the following in the Custom Default Controller:

public class CustomDefaultController : Umbraco.Web.Mvc.RenderMvcController
{
           public override ActionResult Index(RenderModel model)
           {
               CustomRenderModel customModel = new CustomRenderModel(model.Content);

               customModel.ClassX = DummySystem.GetClassX;
               customModel.ClassY = DummySystem.GetClassy;

               return base.Index(customModel);
           }
}

I’m still inheriting from Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage in the Master View – but when I need to access the extra information in the CustomRenderModel from the view – I first have to cast it .e.g. ((CustomRenderModel) Model).ClassX

Can that really be true? – Do I need to cast the Model - or is there a better way?

Hi Peter

Try to use this code:

@inherits UmbracoTemplatePage<CustomRenderModel>

You will be able to work with Model properties and Umbraco helper.

Also try to avoid UmbracoTemplatePage, and do not use dynamic CurrentPage, the better way is to use UmbracoViewPage:

@inherits UmbracoViewPage<CustomRenderModel>

Thanks,

Alex

Thanks for you answer Alex

I have just tried

@inherits UmbracoTemplatePage<CustomRenderModel>

But I get this error:

The type ’web.Models.CustomRenderModel’ cannot be used as type parameter ‘TContent’ in the generic type or method ‘Umbraco.TemplatePage

Any idea what is wrong? - Am I missing something in my CustomRenderModel or CustomDefaultController?

The people who have made the website have used CurrentPage - which is the reason I'm trying with the UmbracoTemplatePage.

Peter, maybe you need to change return statement in controller to :

return CurrentTemplate(customModel);

Peter, this topic motivated me to rewrite similar issue on one of our projects, and I would say that it works. I used

@inherits UmbracoViewPage<CustomRenderModel> 

and

return CurrentTemplate(customModel);

Hi

Thanks for your effort - I really appreciate it.

I have only tried with @inherits UmbracoTemplatePage<CustomRenderModel> and not @inherits UmbracoViewPage<CustomRenderModel> since CurrentPage is used in the template.

Perhaps it is not possible to use @inherits UmbracoTemplatePage<CustomRenderModel> (or I am just not able to figure it out). We use version 7.3 - perhaps it is because we do not use the latest version.

Hi Peter

Great that you found out what is the issue. I didn't think that Umbraco version can be the reason :)

/Alex

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