Not Receiving Multiple Partial View data on Postback - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

Please can you help on the below query.
I have got a main view and partial view. In main view looping through based on the count of model, the partial views will be rendered. The Partial View is as per below
-----------------Partial View----------------------
#using (Html.BeginCollectionItem("books"))
{
<div id="bookRow" class="bookRow">
<div class='container'>
<div class="align-left">
<h1>Book Name</h1>
<h2>#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.BookName)</h2>
</div>
<div class="align-right">
<h1>Author</h1>
<h2>#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Author)</h2>
</div>
<div class="align-right">
<h1>Publisher</h1>
<h2>#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Publisher)</h2>
</div>
<div class="align-right">
#Html.CheckBoxFor(model => model.isConfirm)
#Html.Hidden("Id", #Model.Id)
</div>
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</div>
</div>
}
-------------------Main View----------------------
#model IEnumerable<TDLProject.Models.BookViewModel>
<fieldset>
<legend>Books</legend>
<div id="new-Book">
#foreach (var model in Model)
{
#Html.Partial("_DynamicPartialView", model)
}
</div>
<div>
<input type="button" id="addBook" name="addBook" value="Add Book" />
<br />
</div>
<br />
</fieldset>
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<div>
<input type="submit" id="submitButton" value="Submit" />
</div>
}
-------------Controller--------------
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Contact(IEnumerable<BookViewModel> bookModel)
{
// To do: do whatever you want with the data
return View();
}
The Problem is I am not receiving the data posted from View to the Controller on Click of Submit button. I have multiple partial views of same model on the main view and when click of submit button I need all the partial view data to posted to controller. In Partial View I am using BeginCollectionItem. Please can you help on this.

Answer 1

A form only posts back the name/value pairs of its successful controls, and your not generating the form controls inside the <form> tags.
Change the code to move the #Html.Partial() code inside the <form> (simplified)
#model IEnumerable<TDLProject.Models.BookViewModel>
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
#foreach (var model in Model)
{
#Html.Partial("_DynamicPartialView", model)
}
<input type="button" id="addBook" name="addBook" value="Add Book" />
<input type="submit" id="submitButton" value="Submit" />
}
You also need to change the POST method signature to
public ActionResult Contact(IEnumerable<BookViewModel> books)
to match the name you use in the #using (Html.BeginCollectionItem("books")) method.