Hi,
Could any one explain <asp:Menu> control in detail....

Hi,
I found that this control used for creating menus both horizontal and Vertical..
But My need is to use xmlDataSource and load the content of the node in 'Menu's Datasource.But here you can give only IHierarchial DataSource.Otherwise it shows error.So I gave xmlDataSourceId to DataSourceId of Menu.This is creating whole xml file as Menu.

Consider My sampleXMLFile(test.xml)

<ViewCategory>

<Category>
<Id>1</Id>
<Name>Test1</Name>
<SubName>subTest1</SubName>
</Category>
<Category>
<Id>2</Id>
<Name>Test2</Name>
<SubName>subTest1</SubName>
</Category>
<Category>
<Id>1</Id>
<Name>Test2</Name>
<SubName>subTest1</SubName>
</Category>
</ViewCategory>

From this I want Name to list as a SubMenu Vertically over 'Product.gif' image.How to load the particular node in Menu Control.
My aspx codings is below,

<asp : Menu Id="Menu1" runat="server" DataSourceId="xmlDataSource1"></asp:Menu>
<asp : xmlDataSource Id="xmlDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="test.xml"/>

Hai,
Its working.The thing you have to do is change the XML Format like this

<ViewCategory>
<Menu Id="21" MenuName="Test1">
<Category Id="2" CategoryName="Book" />
<Category Id="3" CategoryName="Computer" />
</Menu>
<Menu Id="22" MenuName="Test2">
<Category Id="4" CategoryName="Book"1 />
<Category Id="5" CategoryName="Computer1" />
</Menu>
</ViewCategory>

If you have xml Format like this,then it will work.

Hi,
Use like this,DataBinding property is used to bind the submenus at runtime..
<asp : Menu Id="Menu1" runat="server" DataSourceId="xmlDataSource1">
<DataBindings>
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="MenuMapping" TextField="MenuName" />
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="Category" TextField="Name" />
</DataBindings>
</asp:Menu>
<asp : xmlDataSource Id="xmlDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="test.xml"/>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Home>
<Menu text="Books" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Asp.Net" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Ajax" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="MS SQL Server 2005" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="JavaScript" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</Menu>
<Menu text="Electronics" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Camera" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Digital" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Canon" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Kodak" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Sony" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Casio" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Fuji" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Film Camera" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="DVDs" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="Comedy" url="MenuFromXml.aspx">
<SubMenu text="English" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="French" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="German" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Spanish" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Kids Movies" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Romance Movies" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
<SubMenu text="Action Movies" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></SubMenu>
</SubMenu>
</Menu>
<Menu text="Contact Us" url="MenuFromXml.aspx"></Menu>
</Home>

<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1"
MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="4" StaticDisplayLevels="1"
DynamicHorizontalOffset="1" DynamicVerticalOffset="1">
<StaticMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" />
<DynamicHoverStyle BackColor="#990000" Font-Bold="False"
ForeColor="White" />
<DynamicMenuStyle BackColor="#FFFBD6" />
<StaticSelectedStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />
<DynamicSelectedStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />
<DynamicMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" />
<DataBindings>
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="Menu" TextField="text" ValueField="text"
NavigateUrlField="url" />
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="SubMenu" NavigateUrlField="url" TextField="text"
ValueField="text" />
</DataBindings>
<StaticHoverStyle BackColor="#990000" Font-Bold="False" ForeColor="White" />
</asp:Menu>