using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
 
namespace InnovaApp.Portals.MVC4Portal.Models
{
	public class DropDownListModel : _Models_Base
	{
		public int MyChoice { get; set; }
		public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> MyList { get; set; }
	}
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using InnovaApp.Portals.MVC4Portal.Models;
using INNOVACALL.Framework.Common.MVCHelpers;
using InnovaApp.Layers.DataLayer;
using InnovaApp.Layers.ResourcesLayer.Properties;
 
namespace InnovaApp.Portals.MVC4Portal.Controllers
{
	public class DropDownListController : _Controllers_Base<DropDownListModel>
	{
		protected override void Initialize(System.Web.Routing.RequestContext requestContext)
		{
			eMethodBase = "InnovaApp.Portals.MVC4Portal.Controllers.DropDownListController";
			specificCssCollection = new string[] { "_FormCommon.css", "Views/DropDownList.css" };
			specificJSCollection = null;
			dynamicJSCollection = new string[] { "/ScriptsG/inoDropDownList.js" };
			specificJqueryJSCollection = new string[] { "InnovacallJS/DropDownList/DropDownList.js" };
			toAddToDocumentReady = null;
			toAddToFileDocumentReady = null;
			externalCSS = null;
 
			base.Initialize(requestContext);
		}
 
		[HttpGet, CacheManager(enCacheMode.NoCache)] //Manage your cache
		public ActionResult Index()
		{
			//NEVER USES VIEW BAG AGAIN !
			//ViewBag.Message = "Modify this template to kick-start your ASP.NET MVC application.";
			{
				using (DataRepositories _dataContext = new DataRepositories())
				{
					base.InitView(
						Resources.View_Home_PageTitle,
						string.Empty,
						specificCssCollection,
						specificJSCollection,
						dynamicJSCollection,
						specificJqueryJSCollection,
						toAddToDocumentReady,
						toAddToFileDocumentReady,
						externalCSS,
						_dataContext);
 
					ContentData.MyChoice = 1;
					ContentData.MyList = _dataContext.InnoAppUser_Rep.GetAll().OrderBy(x => x.Username).Select(x => new SelectListItem() { Value = x.Id.ToString(), Text = x.Username, Selected = false }).AsEnumerable();
				}
				return View(ContentData);
			}
		}
	}
}

@model InnovaApp.Portals.MVC4Portal.Models.DropDownListModel
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.MyChoice, Model.MyList)