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Can you store additional data with radTreeView?

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David asked on 06 Dec 2012, 06:59 PM
Hi, Can I somehow add additional data to a treeview node AND access it through javascript?  For example, what if I wanted to bind "category" data to be stored with each node below?

siteData.Add(new SiteDataItem(6, 2, "RadEditor", "editor"));
siteData.Add(new SiteDataItem(7, 3, "RadGrid", "grid"));
siteData.Add(new SiteDataItem(8, 3, "RadMenu", "menu"));
siteData.Add(new SiteDataItem(9, 3, "RadEditor", "editor")); 
....          
treeView.DataTextField = "Text";
treeView.DataFieldID = "ID";
treeView.DataValueField = "Value";
treeView.DataFieldParentID = "ParentID";
treeView.DataSource = siteData;
treeView.DataBind();

...Can I then pull the category value using javascript similar to how I access the value or text?

node.get_value()
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node.get_text()
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Kevin
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answered on 07 Dec 2012, 12:47 PM
Hey David,

You could handle the OnNodeDataBound event of the RadTreeView and set the category that way. Like so:

Code-Behind:
protected void RadTreeView1_NodeDataBound(object sender, RadTreeNodeEventArgs e)
   {
       SiteDataItem dataItem = (SiteDataItem)e.Node.DataItem;
       e.Node.Category = dataItem.Category;
   }

Then in javascript you can the category like so:

Javascript:
node.get_category()

I hope that helps.
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answered on 08 Dec 2012, 01:39 PM
Thanks! that worked.
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Marbry
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answered on 13 Dec 2012, 02:38 PM
I just been adding attributes to nodes as needed to store additional data.

Set it on the server.
myRadTreeViewNode.Attributes.Add("MaxLength", MaxLengthValue);


Retrieve it on the client.
node._attributes.getAttribute("MaxLength");
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