Hey Gang!!

 I'm using a masterpage to control the layout and appearence of my site but I'm running into a small hang up.  I have an ASP menu that runs horizontal across the top of my master page.  When you select a category it takes you to /website/<CategoryName>/Defaults.aspx

On my master page I also have a collection of divs that run vertical on the right side.  Within each of these divs is the menu written in basic html for the category selected.  By default all divs are set as visible = false.  When you select your category the onload event checks the URL string and then I can set the appropriate div as visible.  Here is what I am currently doing:

If InStr(UCase((Request.ServerVariables("URL"))), "/SALES/") Then

SalesMenuDiv.Visible = True

Else

SalesMenuDiv.Visible = False

What I would lIke to do is something like this but I just can't seem to figure it out and can't find any posts on google.  I'm sure there has to be something simple I'm over looking.

For each c as control in me.controls

Dim cTxt as String = c.ID

if inStr(cTxt, "MenuDiv") Then

if inStr(Ucase(URL), "/" & Replace(cTxt, "MenuDiv", "") & "/") Then

c.Visible = True

Else

c.Visible = False

End If

End If

 Right now I'm having to write out 10 if then statements and it works but I would rather have just one For Each statement.  Can someone point me in the right direction?

 Thanks!!!

why not wrap the individual html menu script in asp:panel's control instead of div's then you could use, i havent tested this but should work after soem tweaking.

<asp:panel id="RightPanel" runat="server" ....>

<asp:panel id="SalesMenu" ......>

   <ul>

    <li><a href="..... ></a></li>

   </ul>

</asp:panel>

<asp:panel id="CustomerMenu" .....>

   <ul>

    <li><a href="..... ></a></li>

   </ul>

</asp:panel>

 ...........

</asp:panel> 

If RightPanel.Controls(i).GetType Is GetType(System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel) Then

If CType(RightPanel.Controls(i), System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel).ID = "YourValue" Then

CType(RightPanel.Controls(i), System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel).Visible = True

Else

CType(RightPanel.Controls(i), System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel).Visible = False

End If

End If

Next

you could also use master pages like so

<asp:contentplaceholder id="Rightmenu" runat="server">

</asp:contentplaceholder>

And insert the menu you wish to see on the page level

Great thought!

After 10 years of HTML and Classic ASP coding and only about 6 months of asp .net there are quite a few things that just don't click for me right away.  I've been using Div's for over 10 years the thought of using panels didn't even come to mind!!  Thanks for the kick in the right direction, I should be able to call the panel id's from a controls container!!

Thanks again!

For i = 0 To RightPanel.Controls.Count - 1

If RightPanel.Controls(i).GetType Is GetType(System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel) Then

If CType(RightPanel.Controls(i), System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel).ID = "YourValue" Then

CType(RightPanel.Controls(i), System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel).Visible = True

Else

CType(RightPanel.Controls(i), System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel).Visible = False

End If

End If

Next