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  • Paul Griffiths 370 posts 1021 karma points
    Feb 22, 2015 @ 00:21
    Paul Griffiths
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    Help listing child pages node name in DDL user control c#

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    Hi all

    Sorry if this is a stupid question but I need help displaying child nodes in a drop down list that appears on a user control. I have used the following code and all though it is finding the 10 child pages in my drop down list it is displayig them all as umbraco.presentation.nodefactory.nodes. How can I display the actual node name? I'm new to this sorry

    using umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory; { public partial class ExampleUserControl : System.Web.UI.UserControl { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {

            //If you need a specific node based on ID use this method (where 123 = the desired node id)
        var specificNode = new Node(123);

        //To get the children as a Nodes collection use this method
        var childNodes = specificNode.Children;

    Var myList = new List

            //Iterating over nodes collection example
        foreach(var node in childNodes)
        {
            MyList.add(node.toString());
        }

        MyddL.DataSource = myList;
        MyddL.DataBind();
    }
}

    }

    Thanks

    Paul

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 6134 posts 23953 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Feb 22, 2015 @ 01:25
    Alex Skrypnyk
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    Hi Paul,

    You can use Dictionary or ListItems classes for creating datasource for dropdownlist.

        Dictionary<int, string> myDic = new Dictionary<int, string>();
    //Iterating over nodes collection example
    foreach(var node in childNodes)
    {
        nodes.Add(node.Id, node.Name);
    }

    MyddL.DataSource = myDic;
    MyddL.DataTextField = "Value";
    MyddL.DataValueField = "Key";
    MyddL.DataBind();

    Thanks,

    Alexander

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  • Paul Griffiths 370 posts 1021 karma points
    Feb 22, 2015 @ 10:28
    Paul Griffiths
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    Hi Alexander,

    thanks for getting back.

    I have tried what you have suggested but i am getting compiler errors on nodes.Add(node.Id, node.Name); the only things that are available after the period on node are 4 methods and no properties such as id, name etc

    am i missing a namespace?

    thanks paul

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  • Paul Griffiths 370 posts 1021 karma points
    Feb 22, 2015 @ 14:39
    Paul Griffiths
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    Hi

    I have found a way to make the node properties available I have changed the following from

    Var childNodes = specificNode.children

    To

    Var childNodes = specificNode.childrenAsList

    I was then able to access the node properties meaning I could add the name value to myList using the following

    MyList.add(node.Name);

    Thanks for your help

    Paul

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