Hi

I have created a custom SQL SiteMapProvider.  I need to localize this and was hoping to do so in the same way I have localized the content for the rest of the site.

When I dynamically add my nodes i first create a new node using the following constructor

public SiteMapNode (
    SiteMapProvider provider,
    string key,
    string url,
    string title,
    string description,
    IList roles,
    NameValueCollection attributes,
    NameValueCollection explicitResourceKeys,
    string implicitResourceKey

as is found here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms150104.aspx

Ideally I want to declare my resource keys explicitly.  Using the XmlProvider this value is set in the "title" as a value inside the title atttribute.  I dont think the same would be the case here as the title is seperate.  So does anyone know what key/values pairs neeed to be passed as a NameValueCollection into the explicitResourceKeys parameter to get this to work. I have tried all the obvious combinations and noe seem to work.

Thanks in  advance to anyone that can help me.

The Big Chod

Chod,

  If I understand you correctly, ideally you would like to be able to set the various resources that your sitemapnode might use through code.  Unfortunately, this isn't possible.  The implicitResourceKey and explicitResourceKeys parameters are meant to be used in conjunction with with the existing resources system. 

  These parameters might be more easily understood with comparable examples in XmlSiteMapProvider. 

<siteMapNode resourceKey="foo" />    <-- this sets the implicitResourceKey parameter to "foo"

<siteMapNode title="$resources: k,v" />  <-- this sets an entry in the explicitResourceKey's NameValue collection.  "title" -> "k.v"

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Danny

Thanks for the reply.  I don't understand why this cannot be done though

I inherit from StaticSiteMapProvider...It has a reourcekey and EnableLocalization property.  Surely if is set these as I would in the xml provider as you have suggested then it should work.  Here is my Overriden method BuildSiteMap()

Sorry, I misunderstood what you wanted to do.  What you are describing should work, what I wanted to say won't work is passing in the localized values into the node itself.  If the localized values are stored in the globalization system then yes, you can put resource identifiers into your nodes.  They should work exactly like they would with the XmlSiteMapProvider. 

If you have a value for resourceKey that works in XmlSiteMapProvider, setting the resourceKey value in the constructor should work the same way. 

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Danny