[Solved] Dynamically adding to site map at runtime

[Jeff]

In our enivronment, we have static XML sitemaps for our standard product. I am trying to integrate a third party solution, and add items to certain menus at runtime based on the result of a Web service call to the third party.  I would really like to not put the code in the razor view, if possible.  Here is what we have:

@(Html.Telerik().Menu()
    .Name("SiteMasterTopMenu")
        .BindTo("SiteMasterTopMenu_" +
                (!string.IsNullOrEmpty((string)ViewBag.LoginType) ?
                    ViewBag.LoginType : 
                    "Employee")
            )
    .HtmlAttributes(new { @class = "smtopmenu" }))

I realize that I will need to somehow insert something inside the .BindTo() method. I'm just not sure, since this particular partial view is generic.  Do I need to make it strongly typed and have a method that looks up the information and creates it behind the scenes?

Thanks in advance,
Jeff

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Jeff,

 
In order to achieve your goal you will need to prepare the list of SiteMapNode objects in a advance. Then you can pass the list to the view, either as a Model (strongly-typed) or through ViewData. Then you can use the BindTo method which accepts a list of objects. Check this online demo which shows how to use it. If the problem still persists I will ask you a test project, which shows current implementation.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team