Relative url returned in hyperlink field

[John]

Hi

In a bound grid view I have the following hyperlink field;

<asp:HyperLinkField
DataNavigateUrlFields="FldDirections"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="{0}"
HeaderText="Directions"
Target="_blank"
Text="Directions">
<HeaderStyle ForeColor="White" />
</asp:HyperLinkField>

FldDirections is coming from the underlying source and provides a url such
as www.mydomain.com. Problem is clicking on this hyperlink brings the url
relative to were the site is running ie something like
http://localhost/Folder1/Folder2/www.mydomain.com. How can I just get the
value retuned by FldDirections i.e. www.mydomain.com?

Thanks

Regards

[Jonathan Wood]

Is it because you don't have a protocol prefix? Seems like the browser
doesn't figure out it's a domain.

What if you try something like this:

DataNavigateUrlFormatString="http://{0}"

--
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

"John" <in**@nospam.infovis.co.ukwrote in message
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Hi

In a bound grid view I have the following hyperlink field;

<asp:HyperLinkField
DataNavigateUrlFields="FldDirections"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="{0}"
HeaderText="Directions"
Target="_blank"
Text="Directions">
<HeaderStyle ForeColor="White" />
</asp:HyperLinkField>

FldDirections is coming from the underlying source and provides a url such
as www.mydomain.com. Problem is clicking on this hyperlink brings the url
relative to were the site is running ie something like
http://localhost/Folder1/Folder2/www.mydomain.com. How can I just get the
value retuned by FldDirections i.e. www.mydomain.com?

Thanks

Regards

[John]

Thanks. Anyway to make it conditional i.e. if FldDirections returns the url
with http:// then it is shown as it is and if without http:// then http://
is appended?

Thanks again

Regards

"Jonathan Wood" <jw***@softcircuits.comwrote in message
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Is it because you don't have a protocol prefix? Seems like the browser
doesn't figure out it's a domain.

What if you try something like this:

DataNavigateUrlFormatString="http://{0}"

--
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

"John" <in**@nospam.infovis.co.ukwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>Hi

In a bound grid view I have the following hyperlink field;

<asp:HyperLinkField
DataNavigateUrlFields="FldDirections"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="{0}"
HeaderText="Directions"
Target="_blank"
Text="Directions">
<HeaderStyle ForeColor="White" />
</asp:HyperLinkField>

FldDirections is coming from the underlying source and provides a url
such as www.mydomain.com. Problem is clicking on this hyperlink brings
the url relative to were the site is running ie something like
http://localhost/Folder1/Folder2/www.mydomain.com. How can I just get the
value retuned by FldDirections i.e. www.mydomain.com?

Thanks

Regards

[Munna]

On Jun 2, 3:29 pm, "John" <[e-mail]:

Thanks. Anyway to make it conditional i.e. if FldDirections returns the url
with http:// then it is shown as it is and if without http:// then http://
is appended?

Thanks again

Regards

"Jonathan Wood" <[e-mail] in message

news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Is it because you don't have a protocol prefix? Seems like the browser
doesn't figure out it's a domain.

What if you try something like this:

DataNavigateUrlFormatString="http://{0}"

--
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

"John" <[e-mail] in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

Hi

In a bound grid view I have the following hyperlink field;

<asp:HyperLinkField
DataNavigateUrlFields="FldDirections"
DataNavigateUrlFormatString="{0}"
HeaderText="Directions"
Target="_blank"
Text="Directions">
<HeaderStyle ForeColor="White" />
</asp:HyperLinkField>

FldDirections is coming from the underlying source and provides a url
such aswww.mydomain.com. Problem is clicking on this hyperlink brings
the url relative to were the site is running ie something like
http://localhost/Folder1/Folder2/www.mydomain.com. How can I just get the
value retuned by FldDirections i.e.www.mydomain.com?

Thanks

Regards

Hi

best way to modify such issue is on itemdatabound event...
in item databound use findcontrol method of item and then re-write the
url property

Best of luck

Munna
www.munna.shatkotha.com
www.munna.shatkotha.com/blog
www.shatkotha.com

[Munna]

Hi
I forget to mention another easy way...
add a public method in your aspx page ...
and pass the item to format the string...

for example in code behind file add a method like this

public string GetFormatedURL(object arg)
{
string args = arg.ToString();

if (args.Contains("http://"))
return args;
else
return "http://" + args;
}

and in aspx page use it like

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Url" SortExpression="value">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server"
NavigateUrl='<%# GetFormatedURL( Eval("value") ) %>' Target="_blank"
Text='<%# Eval("value") %>'></asp:HyperLink>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Best of luck

Munna
www.munna.shatkotha.com
www.munna.shatkotha.com/blog
www.shatkotha.com