This ASP.NET MVC CodePlex Preview 5 is an interim release that contains some new features and some feature improvements for which the ASP.NET MVC team would like to receive feedback from the community. Note: Before you run the ASP.NET MVC CodePlex Preview 5 installer, be sure to uninstall any earlier previews of ASP.NET MVC that you might have installed. In addition, close all instances of Visual Studio 2008.

The following issues are addressed in this release (see the Release Notes for more detail on any changes)

• Html Helpers need to look into ModelState to get attempted value
• Add a convenience overload for Html.ActionLink
• Need friendly exception for UpdateModel type conversion errors.
• UpdateModel needs to report a message when a property setter throws an exception

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