This document contains information about creating a site map for a website using XML and ASP.NET controls like SiteMapPath and TreeView. It includes code snippets for defining a site map file and connecting to a database using a connection string from the web.config file to retrieve and display data in a GridView.

1. Site MapSite MapSite MapSite Map
A . Antony Alex MCAA . Antony Alex MCA
Dr G R D College of Science – CBE
Tamil Nadu - India

2. File : Web.sitemap
◦ XML File◦ XML File
<siteMap >
<siteMapNode url="" title="" description="">
<siteMapNode url="" title="" description="" /><siteMapNode url="" title="" description="" />
<siteMapNode url="" title="" description="" />
</siteMapNode>
</siteMap>

3. NavigationViewNavigationView
Tree
MenuMenu
SiteMapPath

4. <<asp:SiteMapDataSourceasp:SiteMapDataSource id="site"id="site"
runatrunat="server" />="server" />
<asp:TreeView ID="TreeView1"<asp:TreeView ID="TreeView1"
runat="server" DataSourceID="site" />
<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server"
DataSourceID="site">DataSourceID="site">
<asp:SiteMapPath ID="SiteMapPath1"
runat="server" ></asp:SiteMapPath>

5. <siteMapNode
siteMapFile="MySiteMap.sitemap"/>siteMapFile="MySiteMap.sitemap"/>

6. Global ConnectionGlobal ConnectionGlobal ConnectionGlobal Connection
usingusing
WEB.CONFIGWEB.CONFIG

7. <connectionStrings>
WEB.CONFIG
<add name="GRDCSConnectionString"
connectionString="Data Source=ANTONY-
SERVERSQLEXPRESS;Initial
Catalog=grdcs;Integrated Security=True"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

8. Dim mycon = New
SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("GR
DCSConnectionString").ConnectionString)
Dim ds As DataSet = New DataSet
Dim cmd As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter("select *
from Student", mycon)
cmd.Fill(ds, "Student")
GridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables("Student")GridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables("Student")
GridView1.DataBind()

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