Hi

I'm building asp:Menu in VS2005.

And when I'm using SiteMapDataSource like this:

<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server"
StartingNodeUrl="~/mainMenu.aspx" ShowStartingNode="false" />

  VS2005 show the starting node in Design-mode

But in browser all is OK, of course.

Is this ok, or there are some options in VS2005 ???

I cannot think of any options but you could try closing Visual Studio and reopening to see if it reloads from the datasource again in design mode????  Let us know the results.

carterwjeff:

I cannot think of any options but you could try closing Visual Studio and reopening to see if it reloads from the datasource again in design mode????  Let us know the results.

No results!
 

Can you post your web.sitemap and also list what the menu is displaying?  It should be showing the starting node only if it is the real starting node. 

RJA:

Can you post your web.sitemap and also list what the menu is displaying?  It should be showing the starting node only if it is the real starting node. 

No, it is not the real starting node, I devided my menu in 2 parts.

Here is web.sitemap:

<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
  <siteMapNode url="~/" title="Root"  description="Root">

    <siteMapNode url="~/mainMenu.aspx" title="mainMenu"  description="mainMenu">
      <siteMapNode url="~/Default.aspx" title="??????? ????????"  description="??????? ????????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/portfolio.aspx" title="?????????"  description="?????????? ???? ??????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/prices.aspx" title="?????? ? ????"  description="?????? ? ????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/order.aspx" title="???????? ??????"  description="???????? ?????? ?? ????? ?????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/contacts.aspx" title="????????"  description="????????? ? ????, ???? ???????? ???????" />
    </siteMapNode>

    <siteMapNode url="~/subMenu.aspx" title="subMenu"  description="subMenu">
      <siteMapNode url="~/about.aspx" title="? ???-??????"  description="??????? ? ???" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/news.aspx" title="???????"  description="???????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/technology.aspx" title="???? ??????????"  description="??????? ? ??????????? ???? ???????????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/articles.aspx" title="??????"  description="?????? ? ???-??????????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/vacancies.aspx" title="????????"  description="???????? ????? ???-??????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/links.aspx" title="??????"  description="??????" />
      <siteMapNode url="~/map.aspx" title="????? ?????"  description="????? ?????" />
    </siteMapNode>

  </siteMapNode>
</siteMap>

  Sorry for titles and descriptions, they are in Russian

And here are my 2 menus:

<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="subMenuSiteMapDataSource" runat="server" StartingNodeUrl="~/subMenu.aspx"
ShowStartingNode="false" />

<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="mainMenuSiteMapDataSource" runat="server" StartingNodeUrl="~/mainMenu.aspx"
ShowStartingNode="false" />

<asp:Menu ID="mainMenu" runat="server" DataSourceID="mainMenuSiteMapDataSource" Orientation="Vertical"
CssClass="mainMenuStyle" MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="0" StaticDisplayLevels="2"
ForeColor="Yellow">
<StaticMenuItemStyle VerticalPadding="9px" />
</asp:Menu>

<asp:Menu ID="subMenu" runat="server" DataSourceID="subMenuSiteMapDataSource" Orientation="Vertical"
CssClass="subMenuStyle" MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="0" StaticDisplayLevels="2"
ForeColor="Yellow">
<StaticMenuItemStyle VerticalPadding="2px" />
</asp:Menu>

  And in Design-mode ALL of these links are shown in both menus!!!

It is so inconvenient

Try changing your StartingNodeOffset property of the  SiteMapDataSource to 1, then it should start at mainMenu or subMenu. The offset is supposed to control which node is going to be the root node, for purposes of display in menus or other controls.

Here's a link to more info on the StartingNodeOffset.  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.sitemapdatasource.startingnodeoffset.aspx 

If the subMenu is a menu under the mainMenu, what about moving that so it's nested underneath the mainMenu?  Or is it supposed to be at the same level as the mainMenu? 

PS - That's pretty cool actually, I don't get to see Russian code/menus often!

RJA:

Try changing your StartingNodeOffset property of the  SiteMapDataSource to 1, then it should start at mainMenu or subMenu. The offset is supposed to control which node is going to be the root node, for purposes of display in menus or other controls.

It's not a good idea, I think

But I tried, and my menus don't display even in browser! And in Display-mode of VS2005,  it is displayed only: root, root, root etc.

RJA:

Here's a link to more info on the StartingNodeOffset.  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.sitemapdatasource.startingnodeoffset.aspx

In this article, the first example demonstrates EXACTLY, what I did. And I have no need in StartingNodeOffset property, I think.

RJA:

If the subMenu is a menu under the mainMenu, what about moving that so it's nested underneath the mainMenu?  Or is it supposed to be at the same level as the mainMenu?

Yes, it's nested under the mainMenu, BUT it is really far from the mainMenu, and VerticalPadding is different, so I needed two different menus.

RJA:

PS - That's pretty cool actually, I don't get to see Russian code/menus often!

  And we have no such big and visited forums, as this forum, in russian language

so, who is very interested in progamming (especially in ASP.NET programming, as I) OFTEN visit sites and forums in English.