"Leslie" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am reviewing code that is based upon the example below. However, when I
> attempt to compile the code, I get a message that references the following
> line:
>
> selectedItem = menu.SelectedItem;
> The message says:
>
> 'Menu' does not contain a definition for 'SelectedItem'.
>
>
>
> I am using VS 2005 with the following Versioning information from Help->About:
> (Also, I have .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 installed on my system)
>
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>
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>
> "Leslie" wrote:
>
> > Walter,
> >
> > Thanks for a good explanation as well as a good workaround.
> >
> > Leslie
> >
> > "Walter Wang [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Leslie,
> > >
> > > The difference between the Menu and TreeView here is that TreeView
> > > implemented an additional interface IPostBackDataHandler and it will get
> > > the SelectedNode property before Page_Load. The menu's SelectedItem
> > > property is updated using MenuItem's Click event which is raised after
> > > Page_Load stage, therefore you're seeing the delay.
> > >
> > > Workaround:
> > >
> > > We can directly inspect the Request.Form to determine if the postback is
> > > caused by the Menu and get the selected MenuItem:
> > >
> > > protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
> > > {
> > > MenuItem mi = GetSelectedMenuItem(Menu1);
> > >
> > > if (mi != null)
> > > {
> > > Response.Write("Menu selected item = " + mi.Text);
> > > }
> > > else
> > > {
> > > Response.Write("Menu selected item = " + "No item selected");
> > > }
> > > Response.Write("<P/>");
> > > if (TreeView1.SelectedNode != null)
> > > {
> > > Response.Write("TreeView selected item = " +
> > > TreeView1.SelectedNode.Text);
> > > }
> > > else
> > > {
> > > Response.Write("TreeView selected item = " + "No item selected");
> > > }
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > MenuItem GetSelectedMenuItem(Menu menu)
> > > {
> > > MenuItem selectedItem = null;
> > > if (Request.Form["__EVENTTARGET"] == menu.ID)
> > > {
> > > string value = Request.Form["__EVENTARGUMENT"];
> > > if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
> > > {
> > > foreach (MenuItem mi in menu.Items)
> > > {
> > > if (mi.Value == value)
> > > {
> > > selectedItem = mi;
> > > break;
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > > else
> > > {
> > > selectedItem = menu.SelectedItem;
> > > }
> > > return selectedItem;
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Walter Wang (wawang@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
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