Hello,

On submit the contact form sends out an email to the specified email address in the web.config file. However at the moment it is posting the ID of the "Selected Services" - how do i get the value rendering instead of the ID?

Here is the surface controller;

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Xml.XPath;
using Umbraco.Core.Services;
using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;

/// <summary>
/// Summary description for ContactSurfaceController
/// </summary>

namespace LiquidThinker2015
{
    public class ContactSurfaceController : SurfaceController
    {
        public object XPathModeIterator { get; private set; }

        public ActionResult ShowForm()
        {
            ContactModel myModel = new ContactModel();
            List<SelectListItem> ListOfServices = new List<SelectListItem>();
            XPathNodeIterator iterator = umbraco.library.GetPreValues(1435);
            iterator.MoveNext();
            XPathNodeIterator preValues = iterator.Current.SelectChildren("preValue", "");
            while (preValues.MoveNext())
            {
                string preValue = preValues.Current.GetAttribute("id", "");
                ListOfServices.Add(new SelectListItem
                {
                    Text = preValues.Current.Value,
                    Value = preValues.Current.GetAttribute("id","")
                });
                myModel.ListOfServices = ListOfServices;
            }
            return PartialView("ContactForm", myModel);
        }

        public ActionResult HandleFormPost(ContactModel model)
        {
            var newComment = Services.ContentService.CreateContent(model.Name + " - " + DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm"), CurrentPage.Id, "ContactFormula");

            //DataTypeService myService = new DataTypeService();
            //var SelectedService = myService.GetAllDataTypeDefinitions().First(x => x.Id == 1435);
            //int SelectedServicePreValueId = myService.GetPreValuesCollectionByDataTypeId(SelectedService.Id).PreValuesAsDictionary.Where(x => x.Value.Value == model.SelectedService).Select(x => x.Value.Id).First();


            newComment.SetValue("contactName", model.Name);
            newComment.SetValue("companyName", model.Company);
            newComment.SetValue("emailFrom", model.Email);
            newComment.SetValue("telephoneNumber", model.Telephone);
            newComment.SetValue("dropdownServices", model.SelectedService);
            newComment.SetValue("contactMessage", model.Message);

            Services.ContentService.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(newComment);

            //Send out email
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                var sb = new StringBuilder();

                sb.AppendFormat("<p>Name: {0}</p>", model.Name);
                sb.AppendFormat("<p>Company: {0}</p>", model.Company);
                sb.AppendFormat("<p>Email: {0}</p>", model.Email);
                sb.AppendFormat("<p>Phone: {0}</p>", model.Telephone);
                sb.AppendFormat("<p>Service: {0}</p>", model.SelectedService); //THIS LINE HERE
                sb.AppendFormat("<p>Message: {0}</p>", model.Message);

                SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
                MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
                MailAddress ma = new MailAddress(model.Email);

                message.Subject = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ContactFormSubject"];
                message.To.Add(new MailAddress(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ContactFormTo"]));
                message.CC.Add(new MailAddress(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ContactFormCC"]));
                message.From = ma;
                message.Sender = new MailAddress(model.Email);
                message.Body = sb.ToString();
                message.IsBodyHtml = true;

                try
                {
                    smtp.Send(message);

                }
                catch (SmtpException smtpEx)
                {
                    // Log or manage your error here, then...
                    return RedirectToUmbracoPage(1084); // Redirect to homepage.
                }

                return RedirectToUmbracoPage(1454);
            }

            return RedirectToUmbracoPage(1454);
        }
    }
}

Apologies if posted in the wrong section of the forum, couldnt find a section for Surface Controllers.

Thanks

Javed