Creating a C1WebTopicBar Programmatically

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To create a C1WebTopicBarGroup and C1WebTopicBarItem programmatically, complete the following steps:

1. Add a PlaceHolder control to the Web page.

2. Add the following Import or Using directives for the C1.Web.Command namespace to your source code.

Imports C1.Web.Command

• C#

using C1.Web.Command;

3. To programmatically create a C1WebTopicBarGroup, complete the following:

'First create an instance of the class

Dim topicbar As New C1WebTopicBar()

'Add the topicbar to the placeholder control

PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(topicbar)

'create the C1WebTopicBarGroup

topicbar.Groups.Add(New C1WebTopicBarGroup("Group 1"))

• C#

//First create an instance of the class

C1WebTopicBar topicbar = new C1WebTopicBar();

//Add the topicbar to the placeholder control

PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(topicbar);

//Create the C1WebTopicBarGroup

topicbar.Groups.Add(new C1WebTopicBarGroup("Group 1"));

4. To programmatically create a C1WebTopicBarItem, complete the following:

' Create the C1WebTopicBarItem

topicbar.Groups(0).Items.Add(New C1WebTopicBarItem("Item 1", "http://www.google.com"))

• C#

//Create the C1WebTopicBarItem

topicbar.Groups[0].Items.Add(new C1WebTopicBarItem("Item 1", @"http://www.google.com"));