How to create Static Dropdownlist values in MVC Model

Question

How can I prepare a model for Dropdownlist static values (not retrieved from database) like enum or list in MVC Model so that it could be used many times in a project? I would appreciate if you can give a good article? Thanks.

Answer 1

Finally I have found the solution by describing the parameters as hidden input. I am not sure if there is a more elegant method in order to pass the parameters from View to Controller. Thank you so much for your good sample. I also marked as helpful all of your replies. Here is my final code for those who might encounter a similar problem:

ApplicantViewModel:

public class ApplicantViewModel
{
    public IEnumerable<Applicant> Applicants { get; set; }

    //Codes for Dropdownlist values
    public string SelectedValue { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Values
    {
        get
        {
            return new[]
            {
                new SelectListItem { Value = "pdf", Text = "Pdf" },
                new SelectListItem { Value = "excel", Text = "Excel" },
                new SelectListItem { Value = "word", Text = "Word" }
            };
        }
    }
}

ApplicantController:

public ViewResult Reporting()
{
    var model = new ApplicantViewModel(); 
    return View(model);
}

public ActionResult RenderReport(string SelectedValue, string name, string fileName, string dataSource, string table, string filter)
{
    //Codes for rendering report
    ...
}

Reporting.cshtml:

@model MyProject.Models.ApplicantViewModel

@using (Html.BeginForm("RenderReport", "Applicant", FormMethod.Post,
new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{ 
 <div>
    @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectedValue, Model.Values, "-- select an option --")

    <input type="hidden" name="name" value="Report1"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="fileName" value="image rapor"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="dataSource" value="ApplicantDataset"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="table" value="ApplicantsView"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="filter" value="David"/>

    <input type="submit" value="submit" />
 </div>  
}