Build a Menu control from a datasource control

peter

i have data in table representing vehicle Make and Models.

example

Make MakeID Model ModelID

Ford 1 Focus 23

Ford 1 Fiesta 23

Honda 2 Jaz 25

I would like to bind this data to a Menu control using XMLDATASOURCE looing like this

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peter4y ago
Thanks
Those examples are good but they do not show how to convert to xml and then bind menu to wizard for data retrieval. The video does show an example of a xml setup then removes it before explain how to retrieve from database. which is the opposite to what i wanted to know.
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Vishal Yelve4y ago
Hi Peter,

Please check this below links

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/menu-control-with-xmldatasource1#:~:text=The%20Menu%20control%20is%20a,form%20of%20a%20Menu%20system.

https://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/ASPNet-Menu-XmlDataSource-Example-Populate-ASPNet-Menu-control-from-XML-file-using-C-and-VBNet.aspx
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peter4y ago
There is no mention about creating a XML file to store the data into?
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Vishal Yelve4y ago
Hi Peter,

Please check te below URL, hope this might help you

https://www.queryhome.com/tech/117673/how-to-bind-menu-control-with-database-in-asp-net

https://chandradev819.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/how-to-bind-asp-net-menu-control-with-database/

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/bind-asp-net-menu-control-using-c-sharp
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peter4y ago
Thanks
Although i wanted to bind menu direct to datasource wizard inorder to take advantage of inbuilt features.
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Vishal Yelve4y ago
Please refer below links

Kudvenket video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1qlwVqQ9HM

https://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Database-driven-ASPNet-Menu-control-Populating-Menu-items-from-the-Database-in-ASPNet-using-C-and-VBNet.aspx
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