Get the expanded/collapsed status of PanelBar rootitems, to process server-side

Requirements
r.a.d.controls version	RadPanelBar 4.0.3
.NET version	ASP.NET 2.0
Visual Studio version	2005
programming language	VB.NET & JavaScript
browser support	all browsers supported by r.a.d.controls

 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Here is a method to determine the status of a RadPanelBar RootItem (expanded/collapsed), so you can process it server-side, like saving it to a database or cookie as a user preference.

Step 1 - create a .aspx webpage
Step 2 - Add a RadPanelBar, you can fill the PanelBar manually or programmatically
Step 3 - Add a button
Step 4 - Add a javascript function EnumeratePanelBarRootItems() to the bottom of the webpage. When the button is clicked, this javascript code gets the statusses of the rootitems and puts them in the hidden fields
Step 5 - In the Page_Load of the code-behind file, create the hidden form fields
Step 6 - In the Page_Load, add a javascript attribute to the Click event of the button
Step 7 - In the Butoon_Click event, put the code that gets the values of the hidden fields and puts them in label, or if you want a database or cookie.

Good luck!

Hello Johan,

Thank you for your submission - your telerik points have been updated.

Sincerely yours,
Paul
the telerik team

Hello,

I realize this post is over a year old.  However, I believe I am trying to accomplish what your solution provides.

My goal is to maintain the panelbar status when a link has been selected that essentially reloads a new page.  I want those items that were open to still be expanded, and those that were not open to be collapsed.

I see other posts about populating Session values.  Do you have an opinion as to what works best?

Cheers,

Doug

I am in the same situation as Doug. Any update to this?