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asp.net - session varaible error in asp:menu control

I get an error...Session("sessionhome_page"

instead of this:
<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Local Control Panel.aspx" Text="Local Control Panel" Value="Local Control Panel">
</asp:MenuItem>

I want to do this:
<asp:MenuItem Session("sessionhome_page")>
</asp:MenuItem>

Alpha Au

how about do it in code behind

menu.additem new menuItem(Session["sessionhome_page"])

VincentSG

Hi GlobaLevel,

Perhaps you may want to store just the URL:

<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl='Session("sessionhome_page_url")' Text="Local Control Panel" Value="Local Control Panel" />

Or break them up into 3 different variables so that you can use:

<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl='Session("sessionhome_page_url")' Text='Session("sessionhome_page_text")' Value='Session("sessionhome_page_value")' />

GlobaLevel

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Alphaau... Can you give an example? I'm using master pages

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VincentSG

Hi!

Sorry for the wrong code posted, please view the modified code below:

<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl='<%# Session("sessionhome_page_url") %>' Text="Local Control Panel" Value="Local Control Panel" />

Or break them up into 3 different variables so that you can use:

<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl='<%# Session("sessionhome_page_url") %>' Text='<%# Session("sessionhome_page_text") %>' Value='<%# Session("sessionhome_page_value") %>' />

GlobaLevel

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I like this....but I have to add it to every page where this a menu item....... I was hoping with the session varabile just have it on one page the code behind

assume you define a menu in the aspx
<asp:Menu runat="server" ID="Mnutest"></asp:Menu>

in the code behind, you can add the following in Page_Load
MenuItem tmpitem = new MenuItem();
tmpitem.Text = Session["sessionhome_page_text"];
tmpitem.Value = Session["sessionhome_page_value"];
tmpitem.NavigateUrl = Session["sessionhome_page_url"];

this.Mnutest.Items.Add(tmpitem);

Alpha Au

you can put it on the master page code behind

the only problem is when will you assign the session variable value?

GlobaLevel

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I have a main page that is set as the start page...when the site opens all the session varaibles are set on this page then as other pages are open...the varaibles are already set...

Alpha Au

can you put the menu in the master page?
if so, you can put the code behind in master page code behind too