Adding a HyperlinkField control to the GridView : HyperLinkField « Data Binding « ASP.NET Tutorial






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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" Runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"
             DataKeyNames="CustomerID" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
             AllowSorting="True" AllowPaging="True" PageSize="10">
             <PagerStyle HorizontalAlign="Center"></PagerStyle>
             <PagerSettings Position="TopAndBottom" 
                  FirstPageText="Go to the first page" 
                  LastPageText="Go to the last page" Mode="NextPreviousFirstLast">
             </PagerSettings>
            <Columns>
                <asp:BoundField ReadOnly="True" HeaderText="CustomerID"
                     DataField="CustomerID"
                     SortExpression="CustomerID"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:HyperLinkField HeaderText="CompanyName"
                    DataNavigateUrlFields="CustomerID,Country" SortExpression="CompanyName"
                    DataNavigateUrlFormatString=
                        "http://www.foo.com/Customer.aspx?id={0}&country={1}"
                    DataTextField="CompanyName">
                </asp:HyperLinkField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="ContactName" DataField="ContactName"
                     SortExpression="ContactName"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="ContactTitle" DataField="ContactTitle"
                     SortExpression="ContactTitle"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Address" DataField="Address"
                     SortExpression="Address"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="City" DataField="City"
                     SortExpression="City"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Region" NullDisplayText="N/A"
                     DataField="Region" SortExpression="Region"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="PostalCode" DataField="PostalCode"
                     SortExpression="PostalCode"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Country" DataField="Country" 
                     SortExpression="Country"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Phone" DataField="Phone" 
                     SortExpression="Phone"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Fax" DataField="Fax" 
                     SortExpression="Fax"></asp:BoundField>
            </Columns>
        </asp:GridView>

        <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" Runat="server"
            SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Customers]" 
            ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AppConnectionString1 %>"
            DataSourceMode="DataSet"
            ConflictDetection="CompareAllValues" EnableCaching="True"
            CacheKeyDependency="MyKey" CacheDuration="Infinite">
        </asp:SqlDataSource> 
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>


File: Web.config

<configuration>
  <appSettings/>
  <connectionStrings>
        <add name="AppConnectionString1" 
             connectionString="Data Source=localhost\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=True"
             providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    </connectionStrings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true">
      <codeSubDirectories>
        <add directoryName="VB"></add>
        <add directoryName="CS"></add>
      </codeSubDirectories>
    </compilation>
    <pages>
      <namespaces>
        <clear/>
        <add namespace="System"/>
        <add namespace="System.Collections"/>
        <add namespace="System.Collections.Specialized"/>
        <add namespace="System.Configuration"/>
        <add namespace="System.Text"/>
        <add namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Caching"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.SessionState"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Security"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Profile"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.UI"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls"/>
      </namespaces>
    </pages>
    <authentication mode="Windows"></authentication>
    <identity impersonate="true"/>
  </system.web>
</configuration>








19.18.HyperLinkField
19.18.1.Use a HyperLinkField to create a link to another page
19.18.2.Use HyperLinkFields when working with frames
19.18.3.Adding a HyperlinkField control to the GridView