title: Model properties not set when returning to the controller for post
body: <p>I'm going blind staring at this. When I click save on the view, the model being sent to the save method of the controller has no values set, they're all default values. 
  What am I missing? I'm actually using the exact same technique from another project...
  The data is populated just fine in my view, I can edit it and click save, the code enters the SetSiteTerms method in the controller but has none of the data from the view. :-(
  I know this is something simple and dumb but I just can't see it yet.</p>
  
  <p>Model:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Imports System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
  Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
  
  &lt;KnownType(GetType(SiteToA))&gt; _
  Public Class SiteToA
  
      &lt;ScaffoldColumn(False)&gt; _
      Public Property ID As Integer = 0
      Public Property AgreementHTML As String = String.Empty
      Public Property AgreementName As String = String.Empty
      Public Property IsActive As Boolean = False
  
      Public Sub New()
          MyBase.New()
      End Sub
  End Class
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>View:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%@ Control Language="VB" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl(Of Community_Portal_Admin.SiteToA)" %&gt;
  &lt;% Using Html.BeginForm("SetSiteTerms", "SiteToA", FormMethod.Post, New With {.id = "SiteTermsForm"})%&gt;
  
  
      &lt;div class="gridFrame"&gt;
          &lt;% Html.Telerik().EditorFor(Function(m) m.AgreementHTML) _
                      .Name("AgreementHTML") _ ' Name must be the same as the property name in the model
                      .Encode(True) _
                      .HtmlAttributes(New With {.style = "height:300px;"}) _
                      .Render()%&gt;
          &lt;br /&gt;
          &lt;div class="smallFrameLeft"&gt;        
              &lt;%: Html.ActionLink("Cancel", "Index", "Home", Nothing, New With {.class = "t-button", .Style = "font-size:12px;"})%&gt;
          &lt;/div&gt;
          &lt;div class="smallFrameRight"&gt;
              &lt;input type="submit" value="Save" class="t-button" /&gt;       
          &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;% End Using%&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Controller:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Imports Telerik.Web.Mvc
  
  Public Class SiteToAController
      Inherits System.Web.Mvc.Controller
  
      Function Index() As ActionResult
          Dim setting As SiteToA
          Try
              setting = SiteToARepository.One(Function(d) d.IsActive = True)
              ViewData.Model = setting
              Return PartialView()
          Catch ex As Exception
              Throw
          End Try
      End Function
  
      &lt;HttpPost()&gt; _
      Function SetSiteTerms(ByVal model As SiteToA) As ActionResult
          Dim setting As SiteToA
          Try
              setting = SiteToARepository.One(Function(d) d.ID = model.ID)
              TryUpdateModel(setting)
              If Not SiteToARepository.Update(setting) Then Throw New Exception("There was a problem during update")
              Return PartialView()
          Catch ex As Exception
              Return PartialView()
          Finally
              If Not setting Is Nothing Then
                  setting.Dispose()
                  setting = Nothing
              End If
          End Try
      End Function
  End Class
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>EDIT:
  I've updated my view and controller. Any ideas why my model is populated, can be editing in the view but when I post with the save button, the model sent to the controller has no data???</p>