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XML Driven - configurable Menu Control


Posted Date: 27 Aug 2008      Total Responses: 2

Posted By: Sathish       Member Level: Silver     Points: 1



Anyone have idea how to build a configurable menu control. The menu items must be read from XML or from the database & the items must be built. Options must be provided for generating horizontal or vertical menu. Any idea would be helpful.




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Author: vipul    28 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 3

hi,
i used this way
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Home>
<Menu text="Books" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Asp.Net" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Ajax" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="MS SQL Server 2005" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="JavaScript" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</Menu>
<Menu text="Electronics" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Camera" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Digital" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Canon" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Kodak" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Sony" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Casio" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Fuji" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Film Camera" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="DVDs" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Comedy" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="English" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="French" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="German" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Spanish" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Kids Movies" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Romance Movies" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Action Movies" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</SubMenu>
</Menu>
<Menu text="Contact Us" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></Menu>
</Home>

<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1" MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="4"
DynamicHorizontalOffset="1" DynamicVerticalOffset="1">
<StaticMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" />
<DynamicHoverStyle BackColor="#990000" Font-Bold="False" ForeColor="White" />
<DynamicMenuStyle BackColor="#FFFBD6" />
<StaticSelectedStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />
<DynamicSelectedStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />
<DynamicMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" />
<DataBindings>
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="Menu" TextField="text" ValueField="text" NavigateUrlField="url" />
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="SubMenu" NavigateUrlField="url" TextField="text"
ValueField="text" />
</DataBindings>
<StaticHoverStyle BackColor="#990000" Font-Bold="False" ForeColor="White" />
</asp:Menu>
<asp:XmlDataSource ID="XmlDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="~/XMLFile.xml"></asp:XmlDataSource>

vipul,
http://dongavipul.blogspot.com

Patel Vipul
Web Developer
Ahmedabad ( Gujarat )



Author: Sathish    28 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 4

Thanks Vipul for your response. What you had used here for rendering is a ASPX Menu server control. I want to use XSLT for rendering this menu in a custom control. So I would have to work on code-behind rather than the aspx file. Can I able to use it in XSLT rather than in a Menu Server control?

Sathish



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