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• jay

  Posted on Nov 9, 2011 (permalink)

  I have a RadMenu that gets its items from a database. Below is the code that correctly populates the items.
  What i need is to be able to extract the Report object of type lu_Reports in the Menu ItemClick Event (part of which is also shown below). I can get the name of the report but i need to have the SelectedReport object which i have bound to another control on the page.

   

  private void LoadMenuItems(ObservableCollection<lu_Reports> myRptList)

          {

              RadMenuItem parentItem;

              RadMenuItem childItem;

                                       

              try

              {

                  if (myRptList != null)

                  {

                      foreach (var lu_Modules in _viewModel.ModulesList)

                      {

                          parentItem = new RadMenuItem() { Header = lu_Modules.ModuleName };

                          rptMenu.Items.Add(parentItem);

   

                          foreach (var obj in myRptList.Where(e=> e.ModuleID==lu_Modules.ModuleID))

                          {

                              childItem = new RadMenuItem() { Header = obj.ReportDescription, Name = obj.ReportName };

                              parentItem.Items.Add(childItem);

                          }

                      }

                  }

              }

              catch(Exception ex)

              {

                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);

              }

          }

   

   

  private void radMenu_ItemClick(object sender, Telerik.Windows.RadRoutedEventArgs e)

          {

              RadMenuItem item = e.OriginalSource as RadMenuItem;

              if (item != null)

              {

  }

  }

   

   

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• Yana Yana

  Posted on Nov 14, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello Jay,
  
  You can create a class which inherits RadMenuItem and also has additional property that holds the corresponding Report:
  
  

  public class ExtendedMenuItem : RadMenuItem

  {

      public lu_Reports Report { set; get; }

  }

  
  then you can add ExtendedMenuItem as items of the menu - the Report can be easily accessed in the ItemClick event handler:
  
  

  private void rptMenu_ItemClick(object sender, Telerik.Windows.RadRoutedEventArgs e)

  {

      var report = (e.OriginalSource as ExtendedMenuItem).Report;

  }

  
  Hope this helps.
  
  Greetings,
  Yana
  the Telerik team

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• jay

  Posted on Nov 14, 2011 (permalink)

  Thanks, Yana.
  
  I am however getting a nullexception error in the Item_Click event. How do i use an instance of the new class in this event?

   

  Jay

   

   

   

  ExtendedMenuItem rpt = new ExtendedMenuItem();

   

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• Yana Yana

  Posted on Nov 15, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Jay,
  
  I've attached a simple example to demonstrate the approach. Please download it and give it a try.
  
  Regards,
  Yana
  the Telerik team

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• jay

  Posted on Nov 15, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Yana,
  
  I can't see your attachment.
  
  Thanks
  Jay
  

  Reply

• Answer Yana Yana

  Posted on Nov 15, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Jay,
  
  I'm sorry. Here is the attachment.
  
  Kind regards,
  Yana
  the Telerik team

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  Attached files

  • RadMenuCustomItems.zip

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• jay

  Posted on Nov 15, 2011 (permalink)

  Thanks, Yana !
  That worked.
  
  Jay
  

  Reply

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