GridView Hyperlink field

Morris Neuman · Jan 18, 2009

Hi,

I have a GrideView which is bound to a datasourcecontrol. One of the
columns is a HyperLink to another web page passing it parameters. This
Hyperlink does not show as a hyperlink when viewing the grid. I have this
working on other pages but cannot get this to work. Don't know what I have
coded incorrectly. Please help.

Below is the definition of the GridView with the HyperLink field.

<asp:GridView ID="GridView2" runat="server" AllowPaging="True"
AllowSorting="True"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="Account,MessageID,SpeechFileID,VOXDIR"
DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1"
Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="8pt" BorderColor="#FFC080"
BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="1px" Width="579px" CellPadding="5"
CellSpacing="1" ForeColor="Navy" >
<Columns>
<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" EditText="Edit Status" >
<ControlStyle Font-Bold="False" ForeColor="DarkSlateGray" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="Lavender" />
<ItemStyle BackColor="Lavender" BorderColor="SlateGray"
BorderStyle="Inset" BorderWidth="2px" />
</asp:CommandField>

<asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields="SpeechFileID,VOXDIR"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="EmailMsg2.aspx?SpeechFileID{0}&VOXDIR{1}"
Text="Email Message2 via HLink" >
</asp:HyperLinkField>

</Columns>
<RowStyle BackColor="BlanchedAlmond" />
<EmptyDataTemplate>
No messages for selected mailbox
</EmptyDataTemplate>
<HeaderStyle BorderColor="#FFC080" Font-Bold="False"
BackColor="#FFC080" />
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="SeaShell" />
<PagerSettings Mode="NumericFirstLast" Position="TopAndBottom" />
</asp:GridView>

Steven Cheng · Jan 19, 2009

Hi Morris,

As for the GridView Hyperlink column, I've performed some local test via
the page source you provided. I use a self generated DataTable as
datasource and remain the other Gridview column setting unchanged. It seems
the hyperlink can display correctly:

Here is the completely test page(aspx and codebehind), you can directly run
them in a test page on your side and compare with the problem page:

==============================
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView2" runat="server" AllowPaging="True"
AllowSorting="True"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="SpeechFileID,VOXDIR"

Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="8pt" BorderColor="#FFC080"
BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="1px" Width="579px" CellPadding="5"
CellSpacing="1" ForeColor="Navy" >
<Columns>
<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" EditText="Edit Status" >
<ControlStyle Font-Bold="False" ForeColor="DarkSlateGray" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="Lavender" />
<ItemStyle BackColor="Lavender" BorderColor="SlateGray"
BorderStyle="Inset" BorderWidth="2px" />
</asp:CommandField>

<asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields="SpeechFileID,VOXDIR"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="EmailMsg2.aspx?SpeechFileID{0}&VOXDIR{1}"
Text="Email Message2 via HLink" >
</asp:HyperLinkField>

</Columns>
<RowStyle BackColor="BlanchedAlmond" />
<EmptyDataTemplate>
No messages for selected mailbox
</EmptyDataTemplate>
<HeaderStyle BorderColor="#FFC080" Font-Bold="False"
BackColor="#FFC080" />
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="SeaShell" />
<PagerSettings Mode="NumericFirstLast" Position="TopAndBottom" />
</asp:GridView>

</div>
</form>
</body>
=============================

===============code behind============
public partial class DataTestPage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
Bind_Test_Data();
}
}

void Bind_Test_Data()
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable("TestTable");

dt.Columns.Add("SpeechFileID");
dt.Columns.Add("VOXDIR");

for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
{
dt.Rows.Add("SpeechFile_" + i, "VOXDIR_" + i);
}

GridView2.DataSource = dt;
GridView2.DataBind();
}
}
=============================

If there is anything unclear or any further finding, please feel free to
post here.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

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Morris Neuman · Jan 19, 2009

Cannot get my code to work. I have a similar grid on another page with
hyperlink data navigation URL and that work.

Anyway, I created a column with a template field and then placed the
hyperlink in the template and that seems to work.

Thanks for your help.

Steven Cheng · Jan 20, 2009

Hi Morris,

Thanks for your reply. If you need any help later, please feel free to post
here.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
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