[RESOLVED] [2005] C# to VB Conversion question

The below line was in the markup of a C# asp.net page, what would be the equivalent in VB? The datasource item is what I need. The code behind file converted fine, but this line is giving me an error of "The DataSource property cannot be set declaratively". No matter what I try to set it to, it doesn't seem to like the fact that you are using code for that property, but it does work in C#.

Code:

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<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server" DataSource="<% ((SiteMapNode) Container.DataItem).ChildNodes %>">

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Try changing DataSource to DataSourceID and see if that helps.

But datasourceID would be the name of a defined datasource, correct? It looks like they are using the actual nodes of an object there, in an undefined datasource, so you can't reference it by an ID.

Im thinking its a cast statement, so the equivalent line would be something like

Code:

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<% DirectCast(Container.DataItem, SiteMapNode).ChildNodes %>

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or by using CType, but no matter what I put VB doesn't like it and won't compile with the error stated in the first post. Can you not do this in VB?

Hehe... I forgot the '#' symbol after the opening tag... that was the problem...

Code:

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DataSource="<%# DirectCast(Container.DataItem, SiteMapNode).ChildNodes %>"

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