Separating AutoPostBack Functionality TreeView control

I ' m not sure if anyone has posted a similar solution, but this has always been a naggin problem that I wanted to solve. As you know, separating postback functionality in the TreeView control is a serious issue. With the current control, if you want to postback on the change of an index, but not on expand/collapse, you ' re out of luck. The following is a modification of the TreeView source code that exposes addition functionality allowing for tighter control.

The new source code eliminates the " AutoPostBack " property and replaces it with: " AutoPostBackOnCheck " , " AutoPostBackOnSelectedIndexChange " , " AutoPostBackOnExpand " , and " AutoPostBackOnCollapse " .

You need to modify the treeview.cs source file that comes with the microsoft ie web controls.

Here are the steps to create the updated treeview control.

1 ) Comment out the " AutoPostBack " property in treeview.cs
2 ) Add the following code:


        [

        Category( " Behavior " ),

        DefaultValue( false ),

        PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute),

        ResDescription( " AutoPostBackOnExpand " ),

        ]

        public bool AutoPostBackOnExpand

        {

            get

            {

                object b = ViewState[ " AutoPostBackOnExpand " ];

                return ((b == null ) ? false : ( bool )b);

            }

            set

            {

                ViewState[ " AutoPostBackOnExpand " ] = value;

            }

        }

   

        [

        Category( " Behavior " ),

        DefaultValue( false ),

        PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute),

        ResDescription( " AutoPostBackOnCollapse " ),

        ]

        public bool AutoPostBackOnCollapse

        {

            get

            {

                object b = ViewState[ " AutoPostBackOnCollapse " ];

                return ((b == null ) ? false : ( bool )b);

            }

            set

            {

                ViewState[ " AutoPostBackOnCollapse " ] = value;

            }

        }

       

        [

        Category( " Behavior " ),

        DefaultValue( false ),

        PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute),

        ResDescription( " AutoPostBackOnSelectedIndexChanged " ),

        ]

        public bool AutoPostBackOnSelectedIndexChange

        {

            get

            {

                object b = ViewState[ " AutoPostBackOnSelectedIndexChange " ];

                return ((b == null ) ? false : ( bool )b);

            }

            set

            {

                ViewState[ " AutoPostBackOnSelectedIndexChange " ] = value;

            }

        }

   

        [

        Category( " Behavior " ),

        DefaultValue( false ),

        PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute),

        ResDescription( " AutoPostBackOnCheck " ),

        ]

        public bool AutoPostBackOnCheck

        {

            get

            {

                object b = ViewState[ " AutoPostBackOnCheck " ];

                return ((b == null ) ? false : ( bool )b);

            }

            set

            {

                ViewState[ " AutoPostBackOnCheck " ] = value;

            }

        }



This will add the appropriate extra properties.

3 ) Replace code in the procedure " RenderUpLevelPath " with the following:


            if (Page != null )

            {

                string strOnExpand = " javascript: " + " if (this.clickedNodeIndex != null) this.queueEvent('onexpand', this.clickedNodeIndex); " ;

                string strOnCollapse = " javascript: " + " if (this.clickedNodeIndex != null) this.queueEvent('oncollapse', this.clickedNodeIndex); " ;

                string strOnCheck = " javascript: " + " if (this.clickedNodeIndex != null) this.queueEvent('oncheck', this.clickedNodeIndex); " ;

                string strOnSelectedIndexChange = " javascript: " + " if (event.oldTreeNodeIndex != event.newTreeNodeIndex) this.queueEvent('onselectedindexchange', event.oldTreeNodeIndex + ',' + event.newTreeNodeIndex); " ;

                if ( this .AutoPostBackOnExpand == true ) {strOnExpand = strOnExpand + Page.GetPostBackEventReference( this , "" );}

                if ( this .AutoPostBackOnCollapse == true ) {strOnCollapse = strOnCollapse + Page.GetPostBackEventReference( this , "" );}

                if ( this .AutoPostBackOnCheck == true ) {strOnCheck = strOnCheck + Page.GetPostBackEventReference( this , "" );}

                if ( this .AutoPostBackOnSelectedIndexChange == true ) {strOnSelectedIndexChange = strOnSelectedIndexChange + Page.GetPostBackEventReference( this , "" );}

           

                output.AddAttribute( " onexpand " , strOnExpand);

                output.AddAttribute( " oncollapse " , strOnCollapse);

                output.AddAttribute( " oncheck " , strOnCheck );

                output.AddAttribute( " onselectedindexchange " , strOnSelectedIndexChange);



            }




4 ) Compile the source and add the .dll to your project. The treeview can then PostBack separately on different events.

Ciao