Create a Mailto: link from a SQL Database with asp.net 2.0

[Paolo]

While it is not a problem to create a mailto link in HTML,

<a href=

"mailto: <%# Databinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"StoreEmail") %>"

<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "StoreEmail")%></a>

I would like to do so using an ASP.Net 2. 0 hyperlink, or some other control
(in Visual Web Developer 2005). What is the best way to do so?

TIA!

[Danny Tuppeny]

Paolo wrote:

While it is not a problem to create a mailto link in HTML,

<a href=

"mailto: <%# Databinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"StoreEmail") %>"

><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "StoreEmail")%></a>

I would like to do so using an ASP.Net 2. 0 hyperlink, or some other control
(in Visual Web Developer 2005). What is the best way to do so?

TIA!

If you bind the property directly to your field, then choose "Custom
binding" and add '"mailto:" + ' to the beginning. Here's an example of a
link where I wanted to use the ID from a database, but have the filename
hard-coded in the page:

http://dantup.me.uk/tmp/bind.jpg

HTH,

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

1. Drag a hyperlink control on the page.
2. Set NavigationURL in the code

VB.NET
Hyperlink1.Text = "Click this to mail me"
Hyperlink1.NavigationUrl = "mailto:so*****@somewhere.com"

C#
Hyperlink1.Text = "Click this to mail me";
Hyperlink1.NavigationUrl = @"mailto:so*****@somewhere.com";

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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While it is not a problem to create a mailto link in HTML,

<a href=

"mailto: <%# Databinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"StoreEmail") %>"

<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "StoreEmail")%></a>

I would like to do so using an ASP.Net 2. 0 hyperlink, or some other
control (in Visual Web Developer 2005). What is the best way to do so?

TIA!