Using a different viewmodel in partial view using Spark view engine

Question

Using ASP.NET MVC & Spark, I have a view that is listing a number of searches. The view has the following declaration at the top: ``` ``` On the same search page, I also render a partial which is used as the content of a popup window that enables users to add new searches. My problem is: in the partial view I want to make use of strongly typed HTML helpers and write: ``` ${Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.SearchPhrase)} ``` But when I add another: ``` ``` at the top of the partial view file, Spark fails with Only one viewdata model can be declared. I can use normal HTML helpers, but how might I get the benefit of using strongly typed HTML helpers in this partial view - or is there a completely better way of doing this?

Accepted Answer

Instead of <use file="partial"/> try to do

```
# Html.RenderPartial("partial", mydata);
```

This should workaround the single Model limitation.

Using a different viewmodel in partial view using Spark view engine

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