The following example will show you how to build a dynamic menu from your ASP.NET code. The example code builds the following menu: php example
<%@ WebHandler Language="C#" Class="ExternalMenuEx" %> using System; using System.Web; using Conduit.API; public class ExternalMenuEx : IHttpHandler { private ExternalMenu m_ExternalMenu = new ExternalMenu(); public void ProcessRequest (HttpContext context) { BuildMenu(); context.Response.ContentType = "text/xml"; context.Response.Write(m_ExternalMenu.GetXml().OuterXml); } public bool IsReusable { get { return false; } } #region Private Methods private void BuildMenu() { m_ExternalMenu.ExternalInterval = 60; m_ExternalMenu.Button.ButtonTooltip = "MSDN C# Tutorial"; m_ExternalMenu.Button.DefaultButtonText = "C# Tutorial"; m_ExternalMenu.Button.DefaultIconUrl = "http://accounts.conduit.com/BankImages/Csilkset_page_white_csharp.gif"; m_ExternalMenu.Button.WithDropdown = true; m_ExternalMenu.Menu.Caption = "Menu Caption"; m_ExternalMenu.Menu.Hint = "Hint"; m_ExternalMenu.Menu.IconUrl = ""; // Add the Introduction item ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem introductionItem = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem(); introductionItem.Caption = "Introduction"; introductionItem.IconUrl = "http://accounts.conduit.com/BankImages/Csilkset_page_white_paint.gif"; ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_PopHtml ph = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_PopHtml(); ph.Height = 250; ph.Width = 350; ph.Url = "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288436.aspx"; introductionItem.Data.PopHtml = ph; m_ExternalMenu.Menu.MenuItems.Add(introductionItem); // Add Separator m_ExternalMenu.Menu.MenuItems.Add(new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_Separator()); // Add helloWorld item ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem helloWorldItem = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem(); helloWorldItem.Caption = "Hello World"; helloWorldItem.IconUrl = "http://accounts.conduit.com/BankImages/Csilkset_page_white_h.gif"; ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_Link link = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_Link(); link.Target = ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_Link.LinkType.New; link.Url = "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288463(VS.71).aspx"; helloWorldItem.Data.Link = link; m_ExternalMenu.Menu.MenuItems.Add(helloWorldItem); // Add Nested menu keywords ExternalMenu.EM_Menu keywordsInternalMenu = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu(); keywordsInternalMenu.Caption = "C# Keywords"; keywordsInternalMenu.Hint = "C# Keywords"; keywordsInternalMenu.IconUrl = "http://accounts.conduit.com/BankImages/Csilkset_page_white_gear.gif"; // Add types Item to the internal menu ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem typesItem = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem(); typesItem.Caption = "Types"; typesItem.IconUrl = "http://accounts.conduit.com/BankImages/Csilkset_page_white_dvd.gif"; ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_PopHtml ph1 = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_PopHtml(); ph1.Height = 250; ph1.Width = 250; ph1.Url = "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ewxz6et(VS.71).aspx"; typesItem.Data.PopHtml = ph1; keywordsInternalMenu.MenuItems.Add(typesItem); // Add modifiers Item to the internal menu ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem modifiersItem = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem(); modifiersItem.Caption = "Modifiers"; modifiersItem.IconUrl = "http://accounts.conduit.com/BankImages/Csilkset_page_white_office.gif"; ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_Link link1 = new ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_Link(); link1.Target = ExternalMenu.EM_Menu.EM_MenuItem.EM_Data.EM_Link.LinkType.Tab; link1.Url = "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6tcf2h8w(VS.71).aspx"; modifiersItem.Data.Link = link1; keywordsInternalMenu.MenuItems.Add(modifiersItem); m_ExternalMenu.Menu.MenuItems.Add(keywordsInternalMenu); } #endregion } PHP CODE EXAMPLE

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