Can I continue to use the Telerik.CMS... assemblies?

Posted by Community Admin on 23-Apr-2012 00:00

Hello all.

I'm in the process of migrating from 3.7 to 5 and I am getting a bit confused.

Is it the case that the Telerik.CMS dll's are now obsolete in 5.0 and I should discontinue using them?

For example, in my previous site I had the following bit of code that used the CMS.Web dll to form a mega menu:

if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)

var smn = (CmsSiteMapNode)e.Item.DataItem;

var mmLevel0Section = (HtmlGenericControl)e.Item.FindControl("mmL0S");

var mmLevel0Link = (HtmlAnchor)e.Item.FindControl("mmLevel0Link");

mmLevel0Link.Attributes["href"] = smn.Url;

mmLevel0Link.InnerHtml = smn.Title.Replace(" ", "<br/>");

if (smn.ChildNodes.Count == 1)

var dashboardList = Dashboards.Split(new Char[] ';' );

if (dashboardList.Contains(smn.Title) || dashboardList.Contains("All"))

mmLevel0Link.Attributes["href"] = smn.ChildNodes[0].Url;

if (smn.ChildNodes.Count > 0)

var mmLevel1 = ((Repeater)e.Item.FindControl("mmLevel1"));

mmLevel1.DataSource = smn.ChildNodes;

mmLevel1.DataBind();

else

mmLevel0Section.Attributes["class"] = "section";

if (RadSiteMap1.SelectedNode != null)

var selectedPathArray = RadSiteMap1.SelectedNode.NavigateUrl.Replace(".aspx", string.Empty).Split(new Char[] '/' );

var thisPathArray = smn.Url.Replace(".aspx", string.Empty).Split(new Char[] '/' );

if (StartDepth > 0)

var i = 0;

var match = true;

while (i <= StartDepth + 1)

if (selectedPathArray[i] != thisPathArray[i])

match = false;

i++;

if (match)

mmLevel0Section.Attributes["class"] = mmLevel0Section.Attributes["class"] + "Selected";

else if (selectedPathArray[0] == thisPathArray[0] && selectedPathArray[1] == thisPathArray[1])

mmLevel0Section.Attributes["class"] = mmLevel0Section.Attributes["class"] + "Selected";

This worked brilliantly, but I don't want to keep on using old assemblies if this are no longer appropriate or supported in the future.

Any help gratefully received.

Posted by Community Admin on 23-Apr-2012 00:00

Yeah, you'd have to convert it to the 5.0 API. Not only do the DLLs not come with SF anymore, but the DB schema has changed significantly where it wouldn't map back (I also think it'd want Nolics too, no?)

FYI, The Sitemap DS you want in 5 is "SitefinitySitemapDatasource", the others will report incorrect results.

Posted by Community Admin on 23-Apr-2012 00:00

Hello Steve

Thanks for the heads up re. the data source! I was wondering why the mega menu was pulling through loads of weird 'hidden' nodes!!!

Telerik - if you're reading, might be worth while on the Migration page to make a list of redundant controls/classes/assemblies once a user migrates from 3.7 to 5.0 and appropriate work arounds.

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