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capekall
capekall

Reputation: 107

ASP.NET Remove Item from siteMap does not work

I discovered a kind of strange behavior in my applicataion.

I have a menu, which is populated by a siteMap. 

<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="siteMapDataSource" runat="server" SiteMapProvider="examGenSiteMap" />

<asp:Menu ID="mainMenu" runat="server" DataSourceID="siteMapDataSource" Orientation="Horizontal" StaticDisplayLevels="2" OnMenuItemDataBound="MenuExamGen_MenuItemDataBound">
    // Some Item styles
</asp:Menu>

Now I have added a OnMenuItemDataBound in which I check, if the roles in the siteMap matches with the user role. If not: remove that item, so the user can't see it.

        if (!((SiteMapNode)e.Item.DataItem).Roles.Contains(Session["Role"].ToString()))
        {
            mainMenu.Items.Remove(e.Item);
        }

I debugged this code multiple times, it works fine. All the items I want to remove are identified by the if and the Remove() function gets those items as argument.

The only problem: On my webpage all items ar still shown, and I have no idea why.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 702

Answers (1)

capekall
capekall

Reputation: 107

Okay, I have solved the problem. I don't know, why 

mainMenu.Items.Remove(e.Item);

is not working anymore. You need to remove child elements of the root element.

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Menu mainMenu = (System.Web.UI.WebControls.Menu)sender;

if (!((SiteMapNode)e.Item.DataItem).Roles.Contains(Session["Role"].ToString()))
{
    mainMenu.Items[0].ChildItems.Remove(e.Item);
}

But thanks for trying to help me :)

Upvotes: 1

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