Hi,
Is it possible to use the same XML data source for both a RadMenu and a RadTreeView?
I am trying to convert an existing (non-Telerik) menu administration page over to use Telerik controls. The page displays the menu XML data as a tree view and allows the users to edit, add, and delete nodes. The XML content is in a database and is loaded using the LoadXML() method. Upon saving changes, the data is serialized back out using GetXML(), and the XML is written back to the database.
The reason I ask is because the XML formats for the two controls listed in the documentation are different:
RadMenu XML Format
RadTreeView XML Format
If it is not possible to load RadMenu XML data into a RadTreeView item directly, do you have any suggestions on how to achieve the same or similar effect?
Thanks,
Kevin
Is it possible to use the same XML data source for both a RadMenu and a RadTreeView?
I am trying to convert an existing (non-Telerik) menu administration page over to use Telerik controls. The page displays the menu XML data as a tree view and allows the users to edit, add, and delete nodes. The XML content is in a database and is loaded using the LoadXML() method. Upon saving changes, the data is serialized back out using GetXML(), and the XML is written back to the database.
The reason I ask is because the XML formats for the two controls listed in the documentation are different:
RadMenu XML Format
<Menu Skin="Outlook"> <Item Text="Parent" LeftLogo="Img\parent.gif" > <Group Width="140" Flow="Vertical"> <Item Text="Child 1" /> <Item IsSeparator="True" /> <Item Text="Child 2" /> </Group> </Item></Menu>RadTreeView XML Format
<Tree> <Node Text="North America" Expanded="True" Value="1"> <Node> <Node> </Node> </Node> </Node></Tree>If it is not possible to load RadMenu XML data into a RadTreeView item directly, do you have any suggestions on how to achieve the same or similar effect?
Thanks,
Kevin
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Hello Kevin,
You could use one and the same xml file for the different controls but you will need to bind them in a different way. For example in case you have the structure of the menu in an xml file you can bind it to a menu control using the LoadXML() method. However, if you need to bing the same xml file to a control different then the menu you will need to use the xml datasource method to bind it (via this method you can specify the different fields and the way they will be bind to the control) . You can refer to these articles on how to bind a control using xml datasource:Binding a Tabular Control to the XmlDataSource Control, XmlDataSource Class. I would also suggest that you look up on the internet about the different xml binding methods.
Kind regards,
Kate
the Telerik team
You could use one and the same xml file for the different controls but you will need to bind them in a different way. For example in case you have the structure of the menu in an xml file you can bind it to a menu control using the LoadXML() method. However, if you need to bing the same xml file to a control different then the menu you will need to use the xml datasource method to bind it (via this method you can specify the different fields and the way they will be bind to the control) . You can refer to these articles on how to bind a control using xml datasource:Binding a Tabular Control to the XmlDataSource Control, XmlDataSource Class. I would also suggest that you look up on the internet about the different xml binding methods.
Kind regards,
Kate
the Telerik team
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