RadRotator in User Control Not displaying

[Colin Armstrong]

Can you Help?

The Radrotator displays prefectly when running the website locally using Visual Studio 2010 but as soon as I upload the website to my webspace the Radroator within the usercontrol doesn't show. I've tested the usercontrol displays by just adding some random text, so I must be missing something with the Rotator somewhere.

Has anyone got any ideas what the problem might be? What am I missing chaps?:

Rotator.ascx
<%@ Control Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Rotator.ascx.vb" Inherits="Controls_Rotator" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %>
 
    <telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel ID="RadAjaxLoadingPanel1" runat="server" Skin="Default">
    </telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel>
    
    <telerik:RadAjaxPanel ID="RadAjaxPanel1" runat="server" Height="200px" Width="300px">
                   <telerik:RadRotator ID="RadRotator1" runat="server" Width="300px" Height="600px" ScrollDuration="5000" FrameDuration="5000"
                    ItemWidth="300" ScrollDirection="Down" ItemHeight="300">
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <div class="itemTemplate">sadasdsasadsadadsa
                            <img src='<%# Page.ResolveUrl("~/Pictures/") + Container.DataItem %>.jpg' alt="Customer Image" />
                        </div>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </telerik:RadRotator>
             </telerik:RadAjaxPanel>


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Rotator.ascx.vb

Partial Class Controls_Rotator

    Inherits System.Web.UI.UserControl
    Private Property clients As String()
    Private Property document As Object

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        RadRotator1.DataSource = GetRotatorDataSource()
        RadRotator1.DataBind()
    End Sub

    Private Function GetRotatorDataSource() As String()
        Dim Currentpage As String
        Currentpage = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(Request.Url.ToString())
        If Currentpage = "New_Builds.aspx" Then
            ' MsgBox("heloo")
            Dim clients As String() = {"new_1", "new_2", "new_3", "new_4"}
            Return clients
        ElseIf Currentpage = "Landscaping.aspx" Then
            Dim clients As String() = {"land_1", "land_2", "land_3", "land_4", "land_5"}
            Return clients
        ElseIf Currentpage = "Renovations-Extensions.aspx" Then
            Dim clients As String() = {"ren_1", "ren_2", "ren_3", "ren_4", "ren_5", "ren_6"}

            Return clients
        End If
        Return clients
    End Function
End Class

ASPX Page

%@ Page Title="" Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/Site.master" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="New_Builds.aspx.vb" Inherits="Pages_New_Builds" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %>

<%@ Register src="../Controls/Rotator.ascx" tagname="Rotator" tagprefix="uc1" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="HeadContent" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" Runat="Server">
   
    <div class="ex">
    
        <uc1:Rotator ID="Rotator1" runat="server" />
    
    </div>

[Fiko]

Hello Colin,

Could you please check whether the GetRotatorDataSource method return some data when it is running on the server? I guess that all checks in that method (like If Currentpage = "New_Builds.aspx" Then ...) fail and this cause the behavior on your  side.

Kind regards,
Fiko
the Telerik team

[Amit]

I am also facing similar issue , when i use RadRotator on user contol , it doesnt display , while same thing works fine on a .aspx page.
I too have cross checked the datasource and for sample i have taken image path. 

I am not sure if i am missing something or RadRotator doesnt work on user controls ...  
Please provide your valuable inputs.... 

[Fiko]

Hello Colin,

All RadRotator;s features can be used in any UserControl (or MasterPage) scenarios. For your convenience I have attached a fully working demo to this thread.

Greetings,
Fiko
the Telerik team