Hi Ben Denison,

     In order to do so, since we need to create an object of NavBar and NavBarItem for each data that we have got from the database list, we will need to use an arrayed of NavBar and NavBarItem object. During the looping, we can add each NavBarItem to NavBar and then, add them to our NavPane one by one.

     Here is the snippet to do so:

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        WebNavPane navPane = (WebNavPane)WebPaneManager1.FindControl("WebNavPane1");

        List<SimpleList.Customer> cust = SimpleList.CustomerManager.GetCustomer();
        int index = cust.Count;

        for (int i = 0; i < index; i++)
        {
            WebNavBar[] navBar = new WebNavBar[index];
           
            WebNavBarItem[] navBarItem = new WebNavBarItem[index];

            navBar[i] = new WebNavBar();
            navBarItem[i] = new WebNavBarItem();
           
            navBarItem[i].Name = cust[i].CustomerName;
            navBarItem[i].Text = cust[i].CustomerName;
            
            navBarItem[i].DisplayMode = ISNet.WebUI.WebDesktop.DisplayMode.Text;
            
            navBar[i].Name = cust[i].CustomerID.ToString();
            navBar[i].Text = cust[i].CustomerID.ToString();
            
            navBar[i].CaptionDisplayMode = ISNet.WebUI.WebDesktop.DisplayMode.Text;
           
            navBar[i].Items.Add(navBarItem[i]);
            navPane.Bars.Add(navBar[i]);
        }
    }

     I also attached you my running sample along with the database list(SimpleList.cs). Please ensure to put this .cs file into the App_Code folder in your project.

     I hope it helps. Thank you and have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Andi Santoso

That's great, thanks. I just need to change the data source to a SQL Server connection and I'll be set. Are there any quick examples around?

Hi Ben,

    Basically, if we want to use a SQL Server Connection, we can simply set the return value as a DataTable. After we get the data in DataTable format, we can get the total count of rows and get the value of its row(we can also get by its column as well). Here is the snippet to do so:

 WebNavPane navPane = (WebNavPane)WebPaneManager1.FindControl("WebNavPane1");

           
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();
        
        string connString = @"Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\Northwind.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True";
        
        SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connString);
        SqlDataAdapter daCustomers = new SqlDataAdapter();
        
        conn.Open();
        string queryCustomers = "SELECT * FROM Categories";
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(queryCustomers, conn);     
        
        daCustomers.SelectCommand = cmd;
        daCustomers.Fill(dt);
        
        int index = dt.Rows.Count;
            
        for (int i = 0; i < index; i++)
        {
            WebNavBar[] navBar = new WebNavBar[index];
           
            WebNavBarItem[] navBarItem = new WebNavBarItem[index];
            navBar[i] = new WebNavBar();
            navBarItem[i] = new WebNavBarItem();
            navBarItem[i].Name = dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[2].ToString();
            navBarItem[i].Text = dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[2].ToString();
                      
            navBarItem[i].DisplayMode = ISNet.WebUI.WebDesktop.DisplayMode.Text;
           
            navBar[i].Name = dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[1].ToString();
            navBar[i].Text = dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[1].ToString();
            navBar[i].CaptionDisplayMode = ISNet.WebUI.WebDesktop.DisplayMode.Text;
           
            navBar[i].Items.Add(navBarItem[i]);
            navPane.Bars.Add(navBar[i]);
        }

      I hope it helps. Thank you and have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Andi Santoso