Get/Load XML Orientation Problems

[cdikmen]

Per the suggestions from Albert in Tech Support, I am trying to cache the XML from my menu using GetXml, which seems to work perfectly. However, when I use .LoadXml, the menu takes on a Vertical orientation down the left side of the page as opposed to Horizontal across the top of the page.

Here is the XML file:

<?xmlversion="1.0" encoding="utf-16" ?>

- <Menu style="top:0px; left: 0px">

- <Group Flow="Horizontal"OffsetX="10" OffsetY="10" Width="150px"Height="400px">

  <Item Text="Home"NavigateUrl="~/default.aspx" />

- <Item Text="MenuOne" NavigateUrl="~/PageOne.aspx">

- <Group>

  <Item Text="Item One" NavigateUrl="~/Page.aspx?cl=855" />

  <Item Text="Item Two"NavigateUrl="~/Page.aspx?cl=1015" />

  <Item Text="Item Three"NavigateUrl="~/Page.aspx?cl=985" />

  <Item Text="Item Four"NavigateUrl="~/Page.aspx?cl=508" />

 </Group>

  </Item>

  <Item Text="Information"NavigateUrl="~/Info.aspx" />

  <Item Text="Community"NavigateUrl="http://www.forums.org" Target="_new" />

  <Item Text="Request a Quote"NavigateUrl="~/Quote.aspx" />

  </Group>

  </Menu>

I have tried changing the GroupFlow from "Vertical" to "Horizontal" and neither one works. And, when I set the Flow properties of the menu, it does not get written out to the XML file.

I tried using RadMenu.Flow="Horizontal" after the LoadXml method, but it still displays vertically. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello cdikmen,

The menu looks vertical because of the Width setting - the menu is too short and it wraps. Could you please let us know what is the initial structure of the menu (prior to calling GetXml)? There may be a problem with serializing the menu in your particular setup.

Regards,
Albert
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[cdikmen]

Here is the code that establishes the Menu:

<telerik:RadMenu ID="RMMaster" Runat="server" Flow="Horizontal" style="top: 0px; left: 0px">
        <DefaultGroupSettings OffsetX="10" OffsetY="10" />
<DefaultGroupSettings OffsetX="10" OffsetY="10"></DefaultGroupSettings>
<CollapseAnimation Type="OutQuint" Duration="200"></CollapseAnimation>
                                <Items>
                                    <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" NavigateUrl="~/Home.aspx" Text="Home">
                                    </telerik:RadMenuItem>
                                    <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" NavigateUrl="~/LineList.aspx"
                                        Text="Lines">
                                    </telerik:RadMenuItem>
                                    <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" NavigateUrl="~/ReviewList.aspx"
                                        Text="Cruise Reviews">
                                    </telerik:RadMenuItem>
                                    <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" Text="Community" NavigateUrl="http://www.frumt.org" Target="_new">
                                    </telerik:RadMenuItem>
                                    <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server" NavigateUrl="~/Request.aspx"
                                        Text="Request a Quote">
                                    </telerik:RadMenuItem>
                                </Items>
                            </telerik:RadMenu>

I am populating the Menu Item 1 (Lines) with contents from a database then using GetXml to store the results in Cache. The first time I run the script (when the cache is empty), I build the menu 1 in a loop through data and everything displays perfectly.Here is my Code Behind:

        If Cache("RMMasterXml") Is Nothing Then
            'Get a datatable for menu items
            Dim DT As DataTable = CacheObj.CruiseLines
            'Create a RadMenuItem to populate with data
            Dim RM1 As RadMenuItem = RMMaster.Items(1)

            'Loop through each row and add an item to the Menu
            For Each row As DataRow In DT.Rows

                Dim RMCruiseItem As New Telerik.Web.UI.RadMenuItem
                RMCruiseItem.Text = row("comp_name").ToString
                RMCruiseItem.NavigateUrl = "~/CruiseLine.aspx?cl=" + row("comp_id").ToString

                RM1.Items.Add(RMCruiseItem)

            Next

            'Put the XML into a string then write to cache
            Dim RMMasterXml As String = RMMaster.GetXml()

            Cache.Insert("RMMasterXml", RMMasterXml.ToString, Nothing, Now.AddHours(4), TimeSpan.Zero)

        Else

            'If the cache is NOT empty, then use the cached menu

            Dim StrXml As String = CType(Cache("RMMasterXml"), String)

            RMMaster.LoadXml(StrXml.ToString)


        End If

Thanks for your help

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi cdikmen,

I tried your setup using the current official release but it behaved as expected. Which version are you using? I have tested with 2009.1.402 (as specified by this forum post). I have also attached my test page.

Regards,
Albert
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[cdikmen]

I am using the Q1 2008 version of Rad for Ajax. Here is a page I created to show you the results I am getting:

http://www.cruisereport.com/RadMenu.htm

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello cdikmen,

Unfortunately the version which you are using has a bug with loading and saving XML. I strongly recommend upgrading. This issue should have been resolved in Q2 2008 SP1.

Sincerely yours,
Albert
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