ASP.NET Menu : ExpertMenu Demo : Bind to XmlDataSource

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    <title>ASP.NET Menu : ExpertMenu Demo : Bind to XmlDataSource</title>
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<ec:ExpertMenu runat="server" Skin="Office03Silver" id="ExpertMenu1" DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1">
    <DataBindings>
      <ec:DataBinding DataMember="Book">
          <PropertyBindings>
              <ec:PropertyBinding Property="Text" DataField="Title" />
          </PropertyBindings>
      </ec:DataBinding>
        <ec:DataBinding DataMember="Chapter">
            <PropertyBindings>
              <ec:PropertyBinding Property="Text" DataField="Heading" />
          </PropertyBindings>
      </ec:DataBinding>    
        <ec:DataBinding DataMember="Section">
            <PropertyBindings>
              <ec:PropertyBinding Property="Text" DataField="Heading" />
              <ec:PropertyBinding Property="PostBackOnClick" Value="True"  />
          </PropertyBindings>
      </ec:DataBinding>    
  </DataBindings>
</ec:ExpertMenu>
<asp:XmlDataSource runat=server DataFile="../../../Tree/Data/Book.xml" ID="XmlDataSource1" />

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<ecd:DescriptionView runat="server" IconUrl="../../images/kv.gif" ID="Descriptionview1">
  <ecd:Description ID="Description1" runat="server">This demo shows how to bind <b>ExpertMenu</b>
  to a <b>XmlDataSource</b> control.</ecd:Description>
  <ecd:Description ID="Description2" runat="server">All you need to do for this is to set menu's 
<b>DataSourceID</b> property to the ID of the <b>XmlDataSource</b> control.</ecd:Description>
<ecd:Description ID="Description3" runat="server">You can define a number of <b>DataBinding</b>s
and nested <b>PropertyBinding</b>s to map menu item properties to data members and data fields.</ecd:Description>
<ecd:Description ID="Description4" runat="server">Here three <b>DataBinding</b>s are defined for 
three different XML elements named Book, Chapter and Section. Every DataBinding also defines 
how menu item properties bind to Xml attributes.
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<DataBindings>
    <ec:DataBinding DataMember="Book">
        <PropertyBindings>
            <ec:PropertyBinding Property="Text" DataField="Title" />
        </PropertyBindings>
    </ec:DataBinding>
    <ec:DataBinding DataMember="Chapter">
        <PropertyBindings>
            <ec:PropertyBinding Property="Text" DataField="Heading" />
        </PropertyBindings>
    </ec:DataBinding>    
    <ec:DataBinding DataMember="Section">
        <PropertyBindings>
            <ec:PropertyBinding Property="Text" DataField="Heading" />
            <ec:PropertyBinding Property="PostBackOnClick" Value="True"  />
        </PropertyBindings>
    </ec:DataBinding>    
</DataBindings>
</ecd:SyntaxHighlight>
    </pre>
</ecd:Description>
<ecd:Description ID="Description5" runat="server">You can define a number of <b>PropertyBinding</b>s
to map additional item properties to other Xml attributes or assign them arbitrary values.
</ecd:Description>
<ecd:Description ID="Description6" runat="server">You can also define a handler for
<b>ItemDataBound</b> server-side event for fine tuning the bound properties or 
even cancel creating the item.</ecd:Description>
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