I run into this problem often enough that I really do need to find a solution.

How can I have a page show in the bread crumb trail yet not be part of the menu system?  I am using a SQL database generated SiteMap with the asp:menu control.

Also along those lines, how can I add dynamicly generated pages to the breadcrumb trail and not the menu?  i.e. article.aspx?id=1234  would simply display "news article" as the last breadcrumb.

Thanks
 

This is actually pretty simple, once you know how. First you add a custom attribute to the siteMapNode:

<siteMapNode url="..." title="..." visible="false" />

Next you hook into the MenuItemDataBound event for the Menu:

This simply checks for the custom attribute (which gets added to the node and is available throught he default collection); if the attribute is present and contains "false" then the item is removed from the menu.

Dave

Dave,

This looks like it may be a good option, but I will have to adapt it a little since my nodes are being generated from a database table.  I will setup a flag in the table for "hide" or whatever and see if I can implement your solution that way.  

atsofttech, That link may help solve something else I've been looking into.  Not the same as above, but still good link to have handy.

Thanks and I'll let y'all know if any of this helps  

Yep, that's all you need to do - add another column. I wrote a db site map provider and had a separate column called attributes. In my provider, when building the site map, I had:

I'm attempting to implement the solution above and have a quick problem (I hope)

I put the following in place (modified slightly from above)

     protected void NavigationMenu1_MenuItemDataBound(object sender, MenuEventArgs e)
    {
        SiteMapNode node = e.Item.DataItem as SiteMapNode;

        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(node["hideFromMenu"]))
        {
            bool isHidden;
            if (bool.TryParse(node["hideFromMenu"], out isHidden))
            {
                if (isHidden)
                {
                    e.Item.Parent.ChildItems.Remove(e.Item);
                }
            }
        }
    }

I then added the following to my asp:menu control:

 OnDataBound="NavigationMenu1_MenuItemDataBound"

And this is the error I get when it's called:

 No overload for 'NavigationMenu1_MenuItemDataBound' matches delegate 'System.EventHandler'

This may be something simple, but since I'm still in the learning stages of .NET (classic ASP background) I'm not sure where to go from here.

 Thanks!
 

You need the MenuItemDataBound event, not the DataBound event. I.e.

 OnMenuItemDataBound="..."

Dave

Dave, That 1st solution above works absolutely perfect.

I had to make some modifictions to my custom sitemap provider to add the new field properly, but once I did it all just fell into place.

Thank you

How about this simple way:

     string menuId = e.Item.Value;