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Listing 8.3 - ShowHierarchicalDataBound.aspx

illustrates all of the hierarchical databound controls included in the ASP.NET framework.

Listing 8.3 - ShowHierarchicalDataBound.aspx (C#)
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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <style type="text/css">
        .floater
        {
            float:left;
            width:45%;
            border:solid 1px black;
            padding:5px;
            margin:5px;
        }
    </style>
    <title>Show Hierarchical Databound Controls</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

    <div class="floater">
    <h3>TreeView</h3>
    <asp:TreeView
        id="CheckBoxList1"
        DataSourceId="srcMovies"
        Runat="server" />
    </div>

    <div class="floater">
    <h3>Menu</h3>
    <asp:Menu
        id="BulletedList1"
        DataSourceId="srcMovies"
        Runat="server" />
    </div>
    
    <asp:XmlDataSource
        id="srcMovies"
        DataFile="~/Movies.xml"
        XPath="/movies/*"
        Runat="server" />
    
    </form>
</body>
</html>

The page above uses the following XML file for its data.

Listing 8.4 - Movies.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<movies>
  <Adventure>
    <StarWars />
    <JurassicPark />
    <IndependenceDay />
  </Adventure>
  <Animation>
    <IceAge />
    <Shrek />
  </Animation>
  <Drama>
    <Titanic />
    <Ghost />
    <ForrestGump />
  </Drama>
  <Horrer>
    <Jaws />
    <TheRing />
  </Horrer>
</movies>