private void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  
if (!this.IsPostBack)
  
{
    
this.buildMenu();
  }

}


private void buildMenu()
{
  DataSet ds 
= new DataSet();
  ComponentArt.Web.UI.NavBarItem newitm ;
  ds.ReadXml(
this.Server.MapPath("menudataset.xml"));
  ds.Relations.Add(
"NodeRelation", ds.Tables[0].Columns["ItemId"], ds.Tables[0].Columns["ParentItemId"]);
  
foreach (System.Data.DataRow dbRow in ds.Tables[0].Rows)
  
{
    
if (dbRow.IsNull("ParentItemId"))
    
{
      newitm 
= this.CreateItem(dbRow["MenuText"].ToString(), dbRow["WebPage"].ToString(), true);
      
this.NavBar1.Items.Add(newitm );
      
this.PopulateSubItem(dbRow, newitm );
    }

  }

}


private ComponentArt.Web.UI.NavBarItem CreateItem(string MenuText, string WebPage, bool expanded)
{
  ComponentArt.Web.UI.NavBarItem itm 
= new ComponentArt.Web.UI.NavBarItem();
  itm.Text 
= MenuText;
  itm.NavigateUrl 
= WebPage;
  
return itm;
}


private void PopulateSubItem(System.Data.DataRow dbRow, ComponentArt.Web.UI.NavBarItem itm)
{
  
foreach (System.Data.DataRow childRow in dbRow.GetChildRows("NodeRelation"))
  
{
    ComponentArt.Web.UI.NavBarItem childitm 
= this.CreateItem(childRow["MenuText"].ToString(), childRow["WebPage"].ToString(), true);
    itm.Items.Add(childitm);
    
this.PopulateSubItem(childRow , childitm);
  }

}


 

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<NewDataSet>
<Table>
<ItemId>1</ItemId>
<MenuText>Departments</MenuText>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>2</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>1</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Sales</MenuText>
<WebPage>sales.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>3</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>1</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Production</MenuText>
<WebPage>prod.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>4</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>1</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Product Support</MenuText>
<WebPage>supp.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>5</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>1</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Administration</MenuText>
<WebPage>admin.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>6</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>1</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>IT</MenuText>
<WebPage>it.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>7</ItemId>
<MenuText>Dealers</MenuText>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>8</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>3</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Development</MenuText>
<WebPage>dev.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>9</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>3</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Research</MenuText>
<WebPage>resrch.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>10</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>3</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>QC</MenuText>
<WebPage>qc.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>11</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>7</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Arder</MenuText>
<WebPage>arder.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>12</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>7</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Finar</MenuText>
<WebPage>finar.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>13</ItemId>
<ParentItemId>7</ParentItemId>
<MenuText>Xarco</MenuText>
<WebPage>xarco.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
<Table>
<ItemId>14</ItemId>
<MenuText>About</MenuText>
<WebPage>about.aspx</WebPage>
</Table>
</NewDataSet>