This topic shows how to create a simple treeview only in design-time.

Creating a simple treeview

1. Drag and drop a treeview instance onto the page
   
   
   
2. Build the treeview through the Telerik RadTreeView builder
3. Click the treeview Smart Tag anchor
   
4. Choose Build RadTreeView
   
   
5. Add TreeNodes through the Telerik RadTreeView builder dialog
   
   
6. Press OK to confirm
   
7. Apply Skin to the control using the Auto Format dialog box
8. Choose Auto Format from the Smart Tag
   
   
9. Select the desired Skin from the Auto Format dialog box
   
   
   
10. The changed appearance will be reflected in design time right away
    
11. Set the CheckBoxes property to true to show checkboxes in front of each node's text
12. Right-click the treeview instance and select Properties
    
    
13. The Properties dialog will pop up
14. Enable the CheckBoxes property
    
    
    
15. The final result will be
    
    
    

Binding Telerik RadTreeView to an AccessDataSource

1. Drag and drop an AccessDataSource control onto the page where the treeview resides
   
   
   
2. Configure the AccessDataSоurce through its Smart Tag
3. <_o3a_p>Press the Smart Tag anchor and then Configure DataSource
   
4. <_o3a_p>Browse the Access Data File and press Next to confirm
   
   
   
5. <_o3a_p>Specify the columns from a table and press Next to confirm
   
   
   
   
   
6. <_o3a_p>Press Finish
   
   
   
7. <_o3a_p>Choose the DataSource for Telerik RadTreeViewthrough the Telerik RadTreeView Smart Tag
   
8. <_o3a_p>In the Telerik RadTreeView properties grid set the DataFieldId, DataFieldParentId and DataTextField<_o3a_p>
   
   
   
9. <_o3a_p>The final result is looking like
   
    

See Also

Design-time Support
Build a treeview
Apply skins in design time
The AutoFormat dialog box
Declarative data sources
Templates
DataBindings

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