Another easy one: make a column into a hyperlink.

[Jason]

I have an asp.net page that has a datagrid on it. The datagrid is populated
at runtime from Active Directory.

I need to set one of the columns as a hyperlink while appending a mailto to
the data within that particular column's cell.

That is, if the column is named 'Email' and one of the rows is
'g************@home.com' I need to be able to click on
ge***********@home.com and it will invoke a 'mailto:ge***********@home.com'
as a hyperlink.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Jay

[Tampa .NET Koder]

Well I know that in design mode you can format an item cell in the datagrid. So, to my knowledge what ever you can do in design mode, you can do through code. But, this may take a little more patience to do. I am intrested to see how this can be done as well

"Jason" wrote:

I have an asp.net page that has a datagrid on it. The datagrid is populated
at runtime from Active Directory.

I need to set one of the columns as a hyperlink while appending a mailto to
the data within that particular column's cell.

That is, if the column is named 'Email' and one of the rows is
'g************@home.com' I need to be able to click on
ge***********@home.com and it will invoke a 'mailto:ge***********@home.com'
as a hyperlink.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Jay

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

lookup the hyperlinkcolumn

<asp:DataGrid id="ContainerID" runat="server" autogeneratecolumns="false" >
<columns>
<asp:HyperLinkColumn
DataTextField="Email"
HeaderText="Email"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="mailto:{0}"
DataNavigateUrlField="EmailField" />
</columns>
</asp:DataGrid>

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Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP
"Jason" <ja***@grossmans.net> wrote in message
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I have an asp.net page that has a datagrid on it. The datagrid is populated at runtime from Active Directory.

I need to set one of the columns as a hyperlink while appending a mailto to the data within that particular column's cell.

That is, if the column is named 'Email' and one of the rows is
'g************@home.com' I need to be able to click on
ge***********@home.com and it will invoke a 'mailto:ge***********@home.com' as a hyperlink.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Jay

[Jason]

It was the DataTextField="Email" I was missing to specify an existing data
column rather than creating a new one. Works like a charm.

Thanks a million John.

"John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <ti*****@despammed.com> wrote in message
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lookup the hyperlinkcolumn

<asp:DataGrid id="ContainerID" runat="server" autogeneratecolumns="false"

<columns>
<asp:HyperLinkColumn
DataTextField="Email"
HeaderText="Email"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="mailto:{0}"
DataNavigateUrlField="EmailField" />
</columns>
</asp:DataGrid>

--
Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP
"Jason" <ja***@grossmans.net> wrote in message
news:e#*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I have an asp.net page that has a datagrid on it. The datagrid is

populated

at runtime from Active Directory.

I need to set one of the columns as a hyperlink while appending a mailto

to

the data within that particular column's cell.

That is, if the column is named 'Email' and one of the rows is
'g************@home.com' I need to be able to click on
ge***********@home.com and it will invoke a

'mailto:ge***********@home.com'

as a hyperlink.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Jay