wijmenu Step 2 of 3: Creating the Controller

Next, we need to create a controller to return the items from the NorthWND.MDF database’s view.

To create the controller, follow these steps:

In Solution Explorer expand the Controllers node and then double-click Homecontrollers.cs.
Add the following using statement to the list of directives:
using [PROJECTNAME].Models;

Now you can specify 1) the Model that is used to populate the menu and 2) the view that will be rendered as a response to the data population. To do this, replace the existing HomeController : Controller class with the following code:

public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        NORTHWNDEntities northwind = new NORTHWNDEntities();
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
        ViewBag.Message = "Categories";
      var Categories  = northwind.Categories.ToList();
foreach (Category c in Categories)
{
c.Products.Load();
      return View(categories);      
        }
        public ActionResult About()
        {
            return View();
        }
    }

Now that we have created the model and the controller, we can create the view, which will consist of a menu and appear on the homepage of the project, in wijmenu Step 3 of 3: Creating the View and Adding Wijmo Widgets.