get xml client side

[Kieran]

Hi

Is there anyway of rendering the xml representation of a treeview using javascript? maybe using json/jayrock?

The xml can be obtained when a node is expanding however as the trewview isn't set to serverside the collapse node event is not fired. Is thereanyway around this? Need to store the state of the treeview which works fine when a user expands a node but when they collapse a node the change can not be captured

Any help much appreciated? It is not viable to put the treeview in an updatepanel

Thanks
Kieran

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi Kieran,

The current version of RadTreeView does not have a method to convert the state of the tree to XML with javascript. There is a server method - GetXml() which does exactly what you need.

Can you elaborate a bit more about your exact scenario so we can think of any alternative approaches?

Kind regards,
Veskoni
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[John]

I too have a need for getting the XML of a tree client side.

In my scenario I have RadMenu with a RadTree inside of the drop down.  I wish to save the Tree State Server side on expand/collapse.  I originally put it in an ajaxpanel but when the ajax postback occurs, my Radmenu would close on me.  So what I would like to do is use a RadXmlHttpPanel do the saving for me since I don't really need a full post back or to do anything with the results, just fire, save, and forget.

So I have an RadXMLHTTPPanel with nothing in it, and an OnServiceRequest method that does the saving.  But I can't get the state of the tree from the OnServiceRequest since the radxmlhttppanel doesn't know what it is.

So I figured I could use OnClientNodeCollapsed and OnClientNodeExpanded methods of the tree to call the RadXmlhttpPanel to send it the state.

        function RadTreeView_Admin_NodeChange(sender, eventArgs) {
            var panel = $find("<%=RadXmlHttpPanel1.ClientID%>");
            var txt =  eventArgs.getXML();
            panel.set_value(txt);
        }

but since there is no client side getXML, i'm out of luck.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi John,

Please download a sample project from here.

Regards,
Veskoni
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[John]

Thanks Veskoni that works, my original approach had I made it way more complicated then it needed to be.  Thanks

John

[D]

Any chance an example of this is still around? Need to do the same thing.

[Plamen]

Hello D,

 
It seems that the example is not available. Would you please elaborate a little bit what exactly are you trying to achieve so we can try to provide you with the appropriate solution?

All the best,
Plamen Zdravkov
the Telerik team