Just use the supplied sample for the Persistence framework (e.g. storing in the Session), but instead of persisting a checkbox try to persist a WebExplorerBar.

The issue is in your Infragistics.Web.UI\Framework\Persistence\PersistenceManager.cs line 404 (inside the LoadCollection() method), the WebExplorerBar.GroupCollectionBase is neither a IList nor a CollectionBase and as such it skips persisting any of those values in line 415.

Regards,

Leon

Try my attachment, it's your code with the following changes:

- changed to .NET 3.5

- changed to Infragistics35.Web.v11.2

- added some more groups to the WebExplorerBar

Steps to reproduce:

1. load the project and start it

2. expand one of the groups (i.e. Home)

3. submit the page (in this case by pressing your Save button)

4. try to reload the page (WITHOUT REPOSTING) - since the Session is still there, it should reload it and have the Home group expanded - but it's collapsed instead...

I am using the Infragistics dll with symbols and debug output, in which you can clearly see what I stated in my first message in this thread - those properties (i.e. .Expanded) is not persisted at all.

Regards,

Leon

Sorry but the .Expanded property of a WebExplorerGroup is indeed saved in the ViewState and should be persisted - after all, that is the ONLY property that even makes sense to persist! (and not all the rest of the properties that specify Fonts and Colors!)

I hardly consider this a feature request, rather a BUG since your own collection is not being persisted by your own implementation code! This is also not specified anywhere in the link you sent (except that some Collections cannot be persisted), and in fact required me to debug your source in order to figure out why it wouldn't persist this ONE (!!) property (which is the ONLY one I want to persist!).

So either you guys fix your PersistanceFramework drawbacks (among many), or stop publishing this control as an "easy way to persist Infragistics controls"...

Regards,

Leon