question about sitemap architecture

[Andy Sutorius via DotNetMonster.com]

I don't know if what I am trying to do can be done with sitemap. Let me
bounce this arch. off of you and give me your opinion. I have a default.aspx
that i have a treeview/web.sitemap in. I have a class file that inherits from
StaticSiteMapPr ovider. I call initialize from the default.aspx.cs and pass in
the connection string. I then call BuildSiteMap which is in the class from
default.aspx.cs . In BuildSiteMap I want to walk the child nodes and check the
roles in the sitemap. If the roles equal a bit setting from a field in a
table called superuser then I want to display the menu category. I am running
into all types of different errors almost as if what I am trying to do can't
be done.

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[Wouter van Vugt]

Re: question about sitemap architecture

Hi Andy,

check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/code05.aspx, it implements
a custom SiteMapProvider .
Btw, instead of calling to your SiteMapProvider directly, use a
SiteMapDataSour ce control and set its Provider property to the name of
your provider. Before doing so, you should register your provider in
the web.config file.

Grtz,

Wouter van Vugt
Trainer - Info Support

http://blogs.infosupport.com/wouterv

[Andy Sutorius via DotNetMonster.com]

Re: question about sitemap architecture

I pulled up SiteMapDataSour ce in the Obj. Browser. Based on the articles I
have read I thought SMDS was to be used when you stored the sitemap in a
database, which I am not doing. Am I incorrect?

public class SiteMapDataSour ce : System.Web.UI.H ierarchicalData SourceControl
Member of System.Web.UI.W ebControls

Summary:
Provides a data source control that Web server controls and other controls
can use to bind to hierarchical site map data.



Wouter van Vugt wrote:[color=blue]
>Hi Andy,
>
>check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/code05.aspx, it implements
>a custom SiteMapProvider .
>Btw, instead of calling to your SiteMapProvider directly, use a
>SiteMapDataSou rce control and set its Provider property to the name of
>your provider. Before doing so, you should register your provider in
>the web.config file.
>
>Grtz,
>
>Wouter van Vugt
>Trainer - Info Support
>http://blogs.infosupport.com/wouterv[/color]

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[Andy Sutorius via DotNetMonster.com]

Re: question about sitemap architecture

I don't see the article you mentioned. I see a membership in November. Can
you clarify?

Wouter van Vugt wrote:[color=blue]
>Hi Andy,
>
>check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/code05.aspx, it implements
>a custom SiteMapProvider .
>Btw, instead of calling to your SiteMapProvider directly, use a
>SiteMapDataSou rce control and set its Provider property to the name of
>your provider. Before doing so, you should register your provider in
>the web.config file.
>
>Grtz,
>
>Wouter van Vugt
>Trainer - Info Support
>http://blogs.infosupport.com/wouterv[/color]

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[Wouter van Vugt]

Re: question about sitemap architecture

Sorry, wrong link. You'd best read up here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.sitemapprovider.aspx

Basically, the architecture is as follows:

Control(TreeVie w, Menu) --> SiteMapDataSour ce --> SiteMapProvider -->
Data(DB, Xml...)

The sitemapdatasour ce is a new DataSourceContr ol, which allows
declarative databinding. It gets
its data from a SiteMapProvider (configure in web.config), which in turn
reads a database or XML file or something similar.

Grtz, Wouter

[Andy Sutorius via DotNetMonster.com]

Re: question about sitemap architecture

Thank you for your help!

Wouter van Vugt wrote:[color=blue]
>Sorry, wrong link. You'd best read up here:
>http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...pprovider.aspx
>
>Basically, the architecture is as follows:
>
>Control(TreeVi ew, Menu) --> SiteMapDataSour ce --> SiteMapProvider -->
>Data(DB, Xml...)
>
>The sitemapdatasour ce is a new DataSourceContr ol, which allows
>declarative databinding. It gets
>its data from a SiteMapProvider (configure in web.config), which in turn
>reads a database or XML file or something similar.
>
>Grtz, Wouter[/color]

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