Hyperlink Eval Statement Problem

[Wayne Wengert]

I am trying to impliment the extensions to the Club Starter kit as described
at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/de...bwebsitesk.asp
but when I build the hyperlinks in the Gridview Column template as described
at the end of the article I am getting two errors on each of the hyperlinks
("Characer is not valid" and "Expression Expected"). I've included the code
from one of these instances below. The errors point to the line with the
NavigateURL expression. Any thoughts on what is wrong here?

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<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" Width="75%" AllowPaging="True"
AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="DocumentID"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2">
<Columns>

<asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DocumentName" SortExpression="DocumentName">

<EditItemTemplate>

<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("DocumentName")
%>'></asp:TextBox>

</EditItemTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink2" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# <%#
Eval("DocumentName", @"~\Files\{0}") %> %>'

Text='<%# Eval("DocumentName") %>'></asp:HyperLink>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:BoundField DataField="DateInput" HeaderText="DateInput"
SortExpression="DateInput" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="Comments" HeaderText="Comments"
SortExpression="Comments" />

</Columns>

</asp:GridView>

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[Wayne Wengert]

I saw that the process of inserting that link had wrapped the targeturl
within 2 sets of "<%#..%>" and I rmoved the outer set so it now is:

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%#
Eval("CategoryID", @"Docs.aspx?categoryid={0}") %>'

Text='<%# Eval("CategoryName") %>'></asp:HyperLink>

but I still get the "Character is not valid" error?

"Wayne Wengert" <wa***********@wengert.org> wrote in message
news:OG**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

I am trying to impliment the extensions to the Club Starter kit as
described at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/de...bwebsitesk.asp
but when I build the hyperlinks in the Gridview Column template as
described at the end of the article I am getting two errors on each of the
hyperlinks ("Characer is not valid" and "Expression Expected"). I've
included the code from one of these instances below. The errors point to
the line with the NavigateURL expression. Any thoughts on what is wrong
here?

================================================== ========
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" Width="75%" AllowPaging="True"
AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="DocumentID"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2">
<Columns>

<asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DocumentName"
SortExpression="DocumentName">

<EditItemTemplate>

<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("DocumentName")
%>'></asp:TextBox>

</EditItemTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink2" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# <%#
Eval("DocumentName", @"~\Files\{0}") %> %>'

Text='<%# Eval("DocumentName") %>'></asp:HyperLink>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:BoundField DataField="DateInput" HeaderText="DateInput"
SortExpression="DateInput" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="Comments" HeaderText="Comments"
SortExpression="Comments" />

</Columns>

</asp:GridView>

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[Christopher Reed]

If you're using C#, verify that you have a language attribute of C# in the
@Page directive. If you're not using C#, remove the "@" from in from of
your "Docs.aspx....".
--
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

"Wayne Wengert" <wa***********@wengert.org> wrote in message
news:eK**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I saw that the process of inserting that link had wrapped the targeturl
within 2 sets of "<%#..%>" and I rmoved the outer set so it now is:

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%#
Eval("CategoryID", @"Docs.aspx?categoryid={0}") %>'

Text='<%# Eval("CategoryName") %>'></asp:HyperLink>

but I still get the "Character is not valid" error?

"Wayne Wengert" <wa***********@wengert.org> wrote in message
news:OG**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

I am trying to impliment the extensions to the Club Starter kit as
described at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/de...bwebsitesk.asp
but when I build the hyperlinks in the Gridview Column template as
described at the end of the article I am getting two errors on each of the
hyperlinks ("Characer is not valid" and "Expression Expected"). I've
included the code from one of these instances below. The errors point to
the line with the NavigateURL expression. Any thoughts on what is wrong
here?

================================================== ========
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" Width="75%"
AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="DocumentID" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2">
<Columns>

<asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DocumentName"
SortExpression="DocumentName">

<EditItemTemplate>

<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("DocumentName")
%>'></asp:TextBox>

</EditItemTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink2" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# <%#
Eval("DocumentName", @"~\Files\{0}") %> %>'

Text='<%# Eval("DocumentName") %>'></asp:HyperLink>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:BoundField DataField="DateInput" HeaderText="DateInput"
SortExpression="DateInput" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="Comments" HeaderText="Comments"
SortExpression="Comments" />

</Columns>

</asp:GridView>

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[Wayne Wengert]

Thanks - I am using VB and removing the seems to have fixed it. It appears
that the whitepaper code sample for setting the hyperlink was for C#

Wayne

"Christopher Reed" <ca****@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:ev**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

If you're using C#, verify that you have a language attribute of C# in the
@Page directive. If you're not using C#, remove the "@" from in from of
your "Docs.aspx....".
--
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

"Wayne Wengert" <wa***********@wengert.org> wrote in message
news:eK**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I saw that the process of inserting that link had wrapped the targeturl
within 2 sets of "<%#..%>" and I rmoved the outer set so it now is:

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%#
Eval("CategoryID", @"Docs.aspx?categoryid={0}") %>'

Text='<%# Eval("CategoryName") %>'></asp:HyperLink>

but I still get the "Character is not valid" error?

"Wayne Wengert" <wa***********@wengert.org> wrote in message
news:OG**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

I am trying to impliment the extensions to the Club Starter kit as
described at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/de...bwebsitesk.asp
but when I build the hyperlinks in the Gridview Column template as
described at the end of the article I am getting two errors on each of
the hyperlinks ("Characer is not valid" and "Expression Expected"). I've
included the code from one of these instances below. The errors point to
the line with the NavigateURL expression. Any thoughts on what is wrong
here?

================================================== ========
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" Width="75%"
AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="DocumentID" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2">
<Columns>

<asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DocumentName"
SortExpression="DocumentName">

<EditItemTemplate>

<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("DocumentName")
%>'></asp:TextBox>

</EditItemTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink2" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# <%#
Eval("DocumentName", @"~\Files\{0}") %> %>'

Text='<%# Eval("DocumentName") %>'></asp:HyperLink>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:BoundField DataField="DateInput" HeaderText="DateInput"
SortExpression="DateInput" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="Comments" HeaderText="Comments"
SortExpression="Comments" />

</Columns>

</asp:GridView>

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