"ilona" <ieshulman@sseinc.com> wrote in message
news:#1BMmvZkDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> trying to use Microsoft Treeview control w/dynamically populated nodes.
> The problem is that the first node in the tree is always selected and as a
> result when user clicks on it, OnSelectionChange event can not fire. So if
a
> user has permissions to see only one node then he can not do anything with
> it.
> I would like the tree to display with no nodes selected - so that all of
the
> nodes that are shown as link work. Do you have any ideas on how to achieve
> that? Or maybe you can recommend another tree control (not the microsoft's
> one) where this is possible?
> Tried:
> on page load - TreeControl.SelectedNodeIndex = null or ""; - first node
> still gets selected.
>
>

> selectednodeindex = -1 will do the trick
> "ilona" <ieshulman@sseinc.com> wrote in message
> news:#1BMmvZkDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> > trying to use Microsoft Treeview control w/dynamically populated nodes.
> > The problem is that the first node in the tree is always selected and as
a
> > result when user clicks on it, OnSelectionChange event can not fire. So
if
> a
> > user has permissions to see only one node then he can not do anything
with
> > it.
> > I would like the tree to display with no nodes selected - so that all of
> the
> > nodes that are shown as link work. Do you have any ideas on how to
achieve
> > that? Or maybe you can recommend another tree control (not the
microsoft's
> > one) where this is possible?
> > Tried:
> > on page load - TreeControl.SelectedNodeIndex = null or ""; - first node
> > still gets selected.
> >
> >
>
>

"ilona" <ieshulman@sseinc.com> wrote in message
news:OIdwaZpkDHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Alvin, thankyou--
> very excited on getting closer - but not there yet :
> selectednodeindex must be a string, so put in
> TreeCtrl.SelectedNodeIndex="-1";
> Got
> Invalid node index "-1". Node index must consist of numbers separated by
> periods.
> tried "0.-1" as well but it would not take that either. It seems to simply
> not take -1.
> Did you somehow get it to work with -1?
>
> It says this in the help:
> The structure of the index returned by this method is a concatentation of
> the ordinal number of the parent node at each level counting through the
> tree from 0 down to the selected node and delimiting each level with a dot
> (.). The uppermost node in the top level of the tree is 0; the second node
> is 1, and so on. The node that immediately follows the first top-level
node
> is 0.0; the second is 0.1, and so on. For example, for the index value
> 1.3.2, 1 is the second node at the top level of the tree; 3 is the fourth
> node under node 1; and 2 is the third node under node 1.3 and it is the
> selected node.
>
>
>
>
> "Alvin Bruney" <vapordan_spam_me_not@hotmail_no_spamhotmail.com> wrote in
> message news:O$Jqw0okDHA.976@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > selectednodeindex = -1 will do the trick
> > "ilona" <ieshulman@sseinc.com> wrote in message
> > news:#1BMmvZkDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi,
> > > trying to use Microsoft Treeview control w/dynamically populated
nodes.
> > > The problem is that the first node in the tree is always selected and
as
> a
> > > result when user clicks on it, OnSelectionChange event can not fire.
So
> if
> > a
> > > user has permissions to see only one node then he can not do anything
> with
> > > it.
> > > I would like the tree to display with no nodes selected - so that all
of
> > the
> > > nodes that are shown as link work. Do you have any ideas on how to
> achieve
> > > that? Or maybe you can recommend another tree control (not the
> microsoft's
> > > one) where this is possible?
> > > Tried:
> > > on page load - TreeControl.SelectedNodeIndex = null or ""; - first
node
> > > still gets selected.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

> back up a bit, clicking on the node should fire the expand event, that is
> where your code needs to go, inside the expand handler, not in the
> selectchange because it may fire when you least expect it. If you map to
the
> expand event, it doesn't matter what is selected.
> regards
>
> "ilona" <ieshulman@sseinc.com> wrote in message
> news:OIdwaZpkDHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Alvin, thankyou--
> > very excited on getting closer - but not there yet :
> > selectednodeindex must be a string, so put in
> > TreeCtrl.SelectedNodeIndex="-1";
> > Got
> > Invalid node index "-1". Node index must consist of numbers separated by
> > periods.
> > tried "0.-1" as well but it would not take that either. It seems to
simply
> > not take -1.
> > Did you somehow get it to work with -1?
> >
> > It says this in the help:
> > The structure of the index returned by this method is a concatentation
of
> > the ordinal number of the parent node at each level counting through the
> > tree from 0 down to the selected node and delimiting each level with a
dot
> > (.). The uppermost node in the top level of the tree is 0; the second
node
> > is 1, and so on. The node that immediately follows the first top-level
> node
> > is 0.0; the second is 0.1, and so on. For example, for the index value
> > 1.3.2, 1 is the second node at the top level of the tree; 3 is the
fourth
> > node under node 1; and 2 is the third node under node 1.3 and it is the
> > selected node.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Alvin Bruney" <vapordan_spam_me_not@hotmail_no_spamhotmail.com> wrote
in
> > message news:O$Jqw0okDHA.976@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > selectednodeindex = -1 will do the trick
> > > "ilona" <ieshulman@sseinc.com> wrote in message
> > > news:#1BMmvZkDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hi,
> > > > trying to use Microsoft Treeview control w/dynamically populated
> nodes.
> > > > The problem is that the first node in the tree is always selected
and
> as
> > a
> > > > result when user clicks on it, OnSelectionChange event can not fire.
> So
> > if
> > > a
> > > > user has permissions to see only one node then he can not do
anything
> > with
> > > > it.
> > > > I would like the tree to display with no nodes selected - so that
all
> of
> > > the
> > > > nodes that are shown as link work. Do you have any ideas on how to
> > achieve
> > > > that? Or maybe you can recommend another tree control (not the
> > microsoft's
> > > > one) where this is possible?
> > > > Tried:
> > > > on page load - TreeControl.SelectedNodeIndex = null or ""; - first
> node
> > > > still gets selected.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>