Passing form values from one controller view to another form on a different controllers view in asp MVC

Question

Okay I'm new to MVC and trying to make me a webpage where I can transfer to small form box with a zip code and button, to quote page that will fill in the zip code part on the quote page.

My problem is I have two controllers a homeController that has a index view with a small form box. I need to pass the zip code to the QuoteController which has it's own view that populated with the new zip code.

the home controller input, indexview

 @using (Html.BeginForm("Quote", "Quote"))    
  <p>Move From Zip:</p>  
 <input type="text" name="Zip"/><br /> 
 <input type="submit" value="Next" name="next">

the quote form to receive the zip, on the quote controller, on the quote view

@Html.Label("Move From Zip ")<br />
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.MoveFromZip, "", new { maxlength = 5, @class =    "short-textbox" })

what's the easiest way of doing this

Answer 1

In your Index view of HomeController, you can keep the form action to "Quote/Quote"

@using (Html.BeginForm("Quote", "Quote"))
{
  <input type="text" name="Zip" />
  <input type="submit" />
}

Create a view model for your Quote action method view in QuoteController

public class QuoteVm
{
  public string Zip { set;get;
}

and in your QuoteController's Quote action method

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Quote(QuoteVm model)
{
  return View(model);
}

and your Quote view will be

@model QuoteVm
<p>Data passed(POSTED) from Index view</p>
@using(Html.BeginForm("QuoteSave","Quote"))
{  
  @Html.TextBoxFor(s=>s.Zip)
  <input type="submit" />
}

Now for your form submit in this view, you need to have another HttpPost action method

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult QuoteSave(QuoteVm model)
{
   // to do : Do something and return something
}