[CLOSED] Can't bind / view ViewData data in Ext.Net controls

[mattwoberts]

Hi,

I am setting a string in my ASP.NET MVC controller.. When I output that ViewData (ViewBag now in MVC3) it displays OK:

<div><%: ViewBag.Company %></div>

However, I need to use that inside an EXT.NET control. My view has a couple of nested master pages. In the top-most master page, I have tried to output the ViewData inside an ext.net control like this:

    <ext:Menu ID="TreeContextMenu" runat="server" AutoRender="true">
    <Items>
        <ext:MenuItem Text='<%# ViewBag.Company %>' Icon="BuildingAdd">

But that doesn't work (empty string). As a sanity check, I tried outputting the ViewData string somewhere else in the master page that wasn't inside an ext.net control and it output OK.

So.. I tried looking at the next level down in my master page. I added similar code to an EXT.NET menu on this master page, and in this page it works OK:

                                <Menu>
                                    <ext:Menu ID="Menu2" runat="server">
                                        <Items>
                                            <ext:MenuItem Text='<%# ViewBag.Company %>' Icon="Magnifier" Disabled='<%# (bool) ViewData["DisableNormal"] %>' Href="/" />

It looks like Ext.Net has a problem with nested master pages... Please can you advise?

Thanks

[Vladimir]

Hi,

Try to set AutoDataBind="true" for MenuItem

[mattwoberts]

You've nailed it :)