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vb.net TreeView Add nodes

Good evening,
I know how to add nodes to a treeview in vb.net, but need some help looking at an algorithm to add nodes.

In my navigation table I have the following rows:-
Personal \ Banking\ Alliance and Leicester
Personal \ Banking\ Barclays
Personal \ Banking\ Natwest
Personal \ Insurance \ Home \ Direct Line '98
Personal \ Insurance \ Home \ Tescos '98
Personal \ Insurance \ Home \ Direct Line '98
Personal \ Insurance \ Car \ Tescos '99

Problem is, if I just add these nodes, I get 7 root nodes, instead of 1 root node, and 2 children etc.

Any ideas how I can write these nodes correctly?

Thanks in advance!

Juan_Barrera

Hi there,

Here is an example:

    Dim tv As New TreeView
        Dim root As New TreeNode("Personal")
        tv.Nodes.Add(root)
        Dim child1 As New TreeNode("Banking")
        root.ChildNodes.Add(child1)
        Dim child2 As New TreeNode("Insurance")
        root.ChildNodes.Add(child2)

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tonelm54

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thats ok, but the amount of rows I have is in excess of 1000, and go several deep, so I need an algorithm to test if each node exists if it does move to child and add if doesnt exist.

So something like
writeNodes("Personal \ Insurance \ Home \ Tescos '98")

sub writeNodes(strNodePath as string)
eachBranch = split(strNode,"\")
for each eachBranch
if nodeexists = false
add node
end if
next eachBranch
end sub

Sorry for the phudeo code, but I dont know how to seach if a node exists, so if possible test weather the tree branch exists:-
Personal
Insurance
Home
Direct Line '98

return true or false.

Sorry if this doesnt sound right!

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tonelm54

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Yup I could use a data source, however looking into databinding the control it wont support different levels of children.

For example some branches can have children with children with children with children with children with children with children with children, and some branches just have 1 child.