Automatically add missing parent nodes

[Chris Ward]

I was expecting that calling AddNodeByPath would automatically create the necessary parent nodes similar to how Directory.Create() works.

treeView.AddNodeByPath("General\\Billing\\February\\Report.txt")
treeView.AddNodeByPath("General\\Billing\\March\\Report.txt")
treeView.AddNodeByPath("General\\Billing\\April\\Report.txt")

However, it just seems to add them all to the closest node it could find (if there are no nodes, then a bunch of "Report.txt" will be in the root node).

I have come up with the following to solve this issue, but I'm wondering if there's an easier way?

private RadTreeNodeCollection AddNode(string path)
{
    if (path == String.Empty)
        return treeView.Nodes;

    string node = Path.GetFileName(path);
    RadTreeNodeCollection parent = AddNode(Path.GetDirectoryName(path));

    if (parent.Contains(node))
        return parent[node].Nodes;
    else
        return parent.Add(node).Nodes;
}

Is this a bug, or is it documented somewhere that AddNodeByPath() doesn't create the necessary parent nodes?

[George]

Hello Chris,

Thank you for contacting us.

We consider that the AddNodeByPath method should create parent nodes where they do not exist. That is why I have logged it in our Feedback Portal. You can find it on the following url: UI for Winforms Feedback Portal - FIX. RadTreeView - AddNodeByPath does not create parent nodes if they do not exist. Feel free to add your votes/comments or subscribe for changes.

I have updated Telerik Points to your account as a token of gratitude for your report.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Regards,
George
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