Limit to 2 decimals in TextBoxFor

Question

The code below works fine but, in the textbox the decimal value has this format "0,0000" (, is the decimal separator). I'd like have only 2 decimal. How can I do this ?

Thanks,

//Database model used with NHibernate public class Bank {     public virtual int Id { get; set; }     public virtual string FirstName { get; set; }     public virtual string LastName{ get; set; }     public virtual decimal Amount { get; set; } }  //MVC Model public class MyModel {     public Bank Bank { get; set; }   }  //View @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Bank.Amount, new { id = "tbAmount"})  

Update 1

In the debugger, I don't see any decimal, wehn I do step by step inside (o @HTML.Textbofor) the view, the value does not have any decimal but when the page is displayed there are 4 decimals

//Database model used with NHibernate public class Bank {     public virtual int Id { get; set; }     public virtual string FirstName { get; set; }     public virtual string LastName{ get; set; }     public virtual decimal Amount { get; set; } }  //Class for view public class ViewBank {     [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:n2}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]     public decimal Amount { get; set; } }  //MVC Model public class MyModel {     public Bank Bank { get; set; }           var ViewBank = new ViewBank() { Amount = Bank.Amount}; }  //View @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Amount, new { id = "tbAmount"})  

Answer 1

I would use editor templates and I would not use my NHibernate domain models in my views. I would define view models which are specifically tailored to the requirements of the given view (in this case limiting the amount to 2 decimals):

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:n2}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)] public decimal Amount { get; set; } 

and then:

@Html.EditorFor(m => m.Bank.Amount)  

Answer 2

This works for me

@Html.TextBox("Amount", String.Format("{0:0.00}", Model.Bank.Amount), new { id = "tbAmount"}) 

EDIT:

This is for TextBoxFor (does not work on MVC3)

@{var formated = String.Format("{0:0.00}", Model.Bank.Amount);} @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Bank.Amount, formated, new { id = "tbAmount"})