I cannot seem to figure out how to pass parameters from my template into to the View so I can preset my dropdown list selected item prior to displaying the form.

I have tried to pass data in the Html.Action call, but it doesn't come across as ViewData in either the surface controller or View code.

How do I access name and age in my surfacecontroller. I have tried ViewData["age"].Tostring()

In Template:

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage
@{
Layout = "SubscriptionPages.cshtml";
}

@section scripts{
<script src="/scripts/subscription.js"></script>
}

@Html.Action("SubscriptionPaymentView","PaymentSurface", new { name = "Ned", age = 28 })

In SurfaceController:

using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using umbraco;
using Umbraco.Core;
using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
using Directory.Providers;
using Umbraco.Web.Dynamics;

namespace DirectoryV6.Controllers.SurfaceControllers
{
public class PaymentSurfaceController : SurfaceController
{
[HttpGet]
[ActionName("SubscriptionPaymentView")]
public ActionResult SubscriptionPaymentGet()
{
return PartialView("AuthorizeNetPaymentView", new Models.PaymentViewModel());
}

[HttpPost]
[ActionName("SubscriptionPaymentView")]
public ActionResult HandleSubscriptionPaymentPost(Models.PaymentViewModel model, int? completeNodeId )
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return CurrentUmbracoPage();
}

Providers.Common.OrderData orderData = new Providers.Common.OrderData();

decimal amount = 0;
if (decimal.TryParse(model.Amount, out amount))
{
orderData.OrderTotal = amount;
}
orderData.CreditCardNumber = model.CreditCardNumber;
orderData.CreditCardSecurityCode = model.CreditCardSecurityCode;
orderData.CreditCardExpireMonth = model.CreditCardExpireMonth;
orderData.CreditCardExpireYear = model.CreditCardExpireYear;
orderData.FirstName = model.FirstName;
orderData.LastName = model.LastName;
orderData.Email = model.Email;
orderData.Phone = model.Phone;
orderData.BillingPostalCode = model.BillingPostalCode;
orderData.BillingAddress = model.BillingAddress;
orderData.BillingAddress2 = model.BillingAddress2;
orderData.BillingCity = model.BillingCity;
orderData.BillingStateOrRegion = model.BillingStateOrRegion;
orderData.BillingCountry = model.BillingCountry;
orderData.Description = "Bronze";

if (AuthorizeNetPaymentProvider.PWCreateSubscription(orderData, AuthorizeNetPaymentProvider.SubscriptionType.Annual) == false)
{
TempData["order"] = orderData;
return RedirectToCurrentUmbracoPage();
}

var cs = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService;

Member member = Member.GetCurrentMember();

string[] s = member.getProperty("subscription").Value.ToString().Split(',');

Umbraco.Core.Models.IContent type = cs.GetChildren(1155).Where(x => x.Name == model.SubscriptionType).SingleOrDefault();

if( type != null)
{
string newId = type.Id.ToString();

if (s.Count() > 0)
{
member.getProperty("subscription").Value = "," + newId;
member.getProperty("subscriptionIds").Value = string.Format(",{0}:{1}",newId, orderData.SubscriptionId);
}
else
{
member.getProperty("subscription").Value = newId;
member.getProperty("subscriptionIds").Value = string.Format("{0}:{1}",newId, orderData.SubscriptionId);
}
}

return RedirectToUmbracoPage(completeNodeId.Value);
}