How to use PagedList in VB.Net MVC View

Question

I have been reading post such as this Cannot use NuGet PagedList ASP.NET MVC # View and articles such as this http://czetsuya-tech.blogspot.com/2011/05/mvc3-dynamic-search-paging-using.html but I can't get the paged list model to load in my View. It works in my controller, but the following code:

@ModelType PagedList.IPagedList(Of MyBlog.Company)

... Won't seem to work (i.e. I don't seem to have access to that PagedList class; it says it's not defined). What can I do to use PagedList? I even tried installing both PagedList and PagedList.MVC from NuGet, but still, nothing.

I am simply trying to complete this tutorial http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/getting-started-with-ef-using-mvc/sorting-filtering-and-paging-with-the-entity-framework-in-an-asp-net-mvc-application

It appears as though many have struggled with this particular aspect.

Thanks for your help.

Edit: This blog post describes my problem exactly:

http://www.1771.in/using-pagedlist-in-vb.html

There is no answer listed there, so maybe someone else knows what to do.

Answer 1

OK, my VB.NET is kinda rusty but let's see what we can do here.

1. Create a new ASP.NET MVC 3 application
2. In the Package Manager Console type: Install-Package PagedList.Mvc to install the NuGet

3. Add a model:

   Public Class MyViewModel
       Public Property Id As Integer
       Public Property Foo As String
   End Class
   

4. Then update HomeController.vb:

   Imports PagedList
   
   Public Class HomeController
       Inherits System.Web.Mvc.Controller
   
       Function Index() As ActionResult
           Dim model = Enumerable.Range(1, 250).Select(Function(x) New MyViewModel With {.Id = x, .Foo = "foo " & x})
           Dim viewModel = model.ToPagedList(1, 5)
           Return View(viewModel)
       End Function
   End Class
   

5. Finally define the Index.vbhtml view:

   @ModelType PagedList.IPagedList(Of MvcApplication1.MyViewModel)
   
   ...