title: reading hidden field value in action?
body: <p>IN MVC-4 Razor view I have a html table with 2 columns. 1st columns shows a field and also stores it as a hidden field. 2nd column of table has a <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> clicking on it it redirect to some other control and action.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;tbody&gt;
      @foreach (var row in Model.Conversions)
      {
       &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;@(Html.DisplayFor(m =&gt; row.LastUpdatedDate))
           @(Html.Hidden("DateFrom",@row .LastUpdatedDate))
      &lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="@Url.Action("ExchangeRateDetails", "ExchangeRate", new { currencyCode = @row.CurrencyCodeFromTo })"&gt;+&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
      }
  &lt;/tbody&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Inside action I am trying to read hidden field value but it is null. Here is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public virtual ActionResult ExchangeRateDetails(string currencyCode)
          {
  
              var dat = Request.Form["DateFrom"];
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Problem:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I am finding hidden field value as null. My expectation is it should have value coming form hidden field. I cant pass this value as a query string. Can you please guide and help me how I can read hidden field values in action ?</p>
  
  <p>Much thanks for your guidance and helping me.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>