Umbraco: List Child Nodes in User Control

Question

I have a user control in which I need to return child nodes based on parentID. I am able to get the parentID, but don't know the syntax for returning child nodes.

Answer 1

Getting child nodes is pretty straightforward.

Not sure how far you are with your code so here's a complete example with the various options:

using umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory;

namespace cogworks.usercontrols
{
    public partial class ExampleUserControl : System.Web.UI.UserControl
    {
     protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
      //If you just want the children of the current node use the following method
      var currentNode = Node.GetCurrent();

      //If you need a specific node based on ID use this method (where 123 = the desired node id)
      var specificNode = new Node(123);

      //To get the children as a Nodes collection use this method
      var childNodes = specificNode.Children;

      //Iterating over nodes collection example
      foreach(var node in childNodes)
      {
       Response.Write(string.Format("{0}<br />", node.Name));
      }

      //To get the nodes as a datatable so you can use it for DataBinding use this method
      var childNodesAsDataTable = node.ChildrenAsTable();

        //Databind example
        GridViewOnPage.DataSource = childNodesAsDataTable;
        GridViewOnPage.DataBind();
     }
    }
}

Answer 2

Which version of umbraco are you using? because I have been trying to list children of a specific node for three days now, tried nodefactory, document etc, copy and pasted your code and it still doesn't work. HasChildren is always false, and I am sure it has nodes under it.