RadTreeNode.Clone() causes TypeException

[Mike]

I have two radtreeviews on a page and i would like to drag and drop nodes between the two. I have the drag working fine the destination treeview is adding nodes correctly, but the source treeview is DELETING the dragged node. I am trying to CLONE the source node and reinsert it, to prevent the deletion, but when i simply call:

sourceNode.TreeView.Nodes.Insert(sourceNode.Index, sourceNode.Clone());

I receive the following error. How is it possible that the sourceNode does not match the sourceNode in a CLONE()??? We are using the version v 2008.2.1001.35 of the RadAjax controls.

System.Reflection.TargetException was unhandled
  Message="Object does not match target type."
  Source="System"
  StackTrace:
       at System.ComponentModel.ReflectPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object component, Object value)
       at Telerik.Web.UI.RadTreeNode.Clone()
  InnerException:

[Serrin]

Hey Mike,

Alright, after a bit of testing, this appears to be working for what you are looking for...

Basically, anywhere that you see this in the code:

sourceNode.Owner.Nodes.Remove(sourceNode);

Change it to add this line first, as follows:

sourceNode.InsertBefore(sourceNode.Clone());
sourceNode.Owner.Nodes.Remove(sourceNode);

This clones the source, puts it before the current source, then allows the original source to be removed/moved (I tried removing the line blah.remove but it didn't work!).  This way, you create a copy of the node (wherever you are dropping it) but it keeps the original node in its original position.  Checked it with every copy scenario I can imagine on my test page, hopefully works the same for you.

Let me know if that works for you. :)