ASP.net MVC 5 ViewBag using Razor

Question

Hey all I'm new to MVC/Razor and I am wanting to simply display a year on the view page.

The view page code:

<p>&copy; @Html.Raw(ViewBag.theDate) - Switchboard</p>

And my controller code:

public String getYear()
{
    ViewBag.theDate = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString();

    return View(ViewBag.theDate);
}

When viewing the page in IE it just prints out:

© - Switchboard

How can I call that controller function from my View using Razor?

Answer 1

You need a controller method, to use the ViewBag and to return a View

public ActionResult Index()
{
    ViewBag.theDate = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString();
    return View();
}

In the Index.cshtml, simply use

<p>&copy; @ViewBag.theDate - Switchboard</p>

Answer 2

You can use ViewData as well, like

ViewData["Year"] = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString(); // in controller/actionresult

and in your view(Razor) just write:

@ViewData["Year"]