asp.net mvc - MVC Viewmodel cant access model with View -

how can access viewmodel view? code follows:-,

i have 2 models (using entity framework) have view model of:-

 public class viewmodelstory {     public ienumerable<tbl_gcb_newsitem> gcb_newsitem { get; set; }     public ienumerable<tbl_gcb_itemcomment> comemnts { get; set; }  } 

my contoller populates models by:-

        viewmodelstory.gcb_newsitem = (from in db.tbl_gcb_newsitem                     i.intitemidentifier.tostring() == storyid                     select i).singleordefault();          viewmodelstory.comemnts = (from in db.tbl_gcb_itemcomment                                        i.intitemidentifier.tostring() == storyid                                        select i).tolist<tbl_gcb_itemcomment>(); 

i return model by

      return partialview("newsstory", viewmodelstory); 

then in view have following declaration

@model viewmodelstory @using gcbsmvc.models 

to access model have tried various linq , directly querying model, nothing seems work:- html.displayfor(m =>m.gcb_newsitem. .... viewmodelstory.gcb_newsitem.stritemcategory html.raw(system.web.httputility.htmldecode(viewmodelstory.gcb_newsitem.stritemheadline))

you passing type of model class instead of actual class. try this:

var model = new viewmodelstory(); model.gcb_newsitem = (from in db.tbl_gcb_newsitem                     i.intitemidentifier.tostring() == storyid                     select i).singleordefault();  model.comemnts = (from in db.tbl_gcb_itemcomment                                        i.intitemidentifier.tostring() == storyid                                        select i).tolist<tbl_gcb_itemcomment>();  return partialview("newsstory", model);