HELP..! ASP.NET 2.0 MasterPage and menu Question..

[Guest]

I have a masterpage define that contains a asp:menu control. My menu control
has items that do not have a NavigateUrl assigned which causes them to
postback on the current page...

Now the issue is that when they postback the MasterPage is rendered last and
the MenuItemClick event on the menu control doesn't fire until after the
Page_Load event fires...

How can I capture the MenuItemClick prior to the Page_Load...

 

[Scott Allen]

Can you just skip the processing in Page_Load by checking the
IsPostBack property?

 

[Guest]

No, I need to be able to capture which menu item was clicked; specifically
the menu items value...

Like...

protected void ctl_Menu_MenuItemClick(object sender, MenuEventArgs e)
{
Helper.menuAction = Convert.ToInt16(e.Item.Value);
}

 

[Scott Allen]

Right, but there is no way to reorder the event processing - Page_Load
is going to execute before the click event. Since your logic is
factored into a nice helper class couldn't you move to processing
outside of Page_Load?

 

[Guest]

Not sure I follow... Could you provide an example...

I'm willing to try anything at this point

 

[Scott Allen]

I mean something like:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(!IsPostBack)
{
Helper.DisplaySomethingOnScreen();
}
}

protected void ctl_Menu_MenuItemClick(...)
{
Helper.DisplaySomethingOnScreen(Convert.ToInt16(e.Item.Value));
}