Horizontal Menu made in asp.net 4 running on 3.5 server

leeWozyWarren · October 29th, 2010, 06:52 AM

Hi all,

Are there any differences in the menu code from 3.5 to 4? I have been working through the book and at the same time developing my own site. The menu I created works fine when debugged from my own machine but not when I ftp to a 3.5 site I have.

Any thoughts?

Regards

Lee

Imar · October 29th, 2010, 07:44 AM

Hi Lee,

Yes, it's quite different. In .NET 3.5, a table based structure was used. In .NET 4, the menu is built with <ul> and <li> elements. You can tell .NET 4 to render the menu the way it did in 3.5, but not the other way around.

You can render as 3.5 in 4.0 by modifying the <pages /> element in web.config as follows:

Code:

 
<pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5" clientIDMode="AutoID"/>

Hope this helps,

Imar

leeWozyWarren · October 29th, 2010, 12:06 PM

Hi Imar,

Many thanks for your reply. I already have this piece of code in the web.config file. This is what I have:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true" targetFramework="4.0">
</compilation>
<pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5" clientIDMode="AutoID"/></system.web>
</configuration>

Regards

Lee Warren

Imar · October 29th, 2010, 12:13 PM

And does it work now?

Imar

leeWozyWarren · October 29th, 2010, 12:18 PM

No - I had that line of code in from the beginning.

leeWozyWarren · October 29th, 2010, 12:32 PM

This is my code for the menu

<div id="Navigation">
<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" CssClass="MainMenu" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1"
Orientation="Horizontal" StaticSubMenuIndent=""
MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="2" StaticEnableDefaultPopOutImage="False">
<DynamicHoverStyle BackColor="#FF9900" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="16px"
Height="30px" CssClass="NavAlign" />
<DynamicMenuItemStyle Height="30px" CssClass="NavAlign" />
<DynamicMenuStyle Height="60px" HorizontalPadding="5px" />
<DynamicSelectedStyle Height="30px" />
<StaticHoverStyle BackColor="#FF9933" />
<StaticMenuItemStyle Font-Names="Verdana" Height="30px"
VerticalPadding="10px" />
<StaticMenuStyle BackColor="White" CssClass="MainMenu" Height="30px"
HorizontalPadding="1px" VerticalPadding="1px" />
</asp:Menu>
<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server"
ShowStartingNode="False" />
</div>

leeWozyWarren · October 29th, 2010, 12:34 PM

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leeWozyWarren · October 29th, 2010, 01:47 PM

Actually....

I have the start Options under the WebSite menu set to Target Framework 3.5

If I don't have this set like this, then the website when uploaded shows an error.

Is this complicating things and should I start again?

Regards

Lee

Imar · October 29th, 2010, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Is this complicating things and should I start again?

No, if your final server only has .NET 3.5, you *need* this setting in order to make the site run on .NET 3.5

With regard to the menu: check its final HTML and see if you can find a difference between the one that works and the one that doesn't.

Cheers,

Imar

Imar · October 29th, 2010, 02:02 PM

Just realized this may not be related to 3.5 versus 4, but about IE8 versus ASP.NET. Maybe this helps: IE8 and the Menu ?

Imar