Hyperlink in detailsview?

[ZmrAbdulla]

Is that possible to create a hyperlink in the "DetailsView"? My aspx page shows the details of employee including email id. Now it displays as text without hyperlink.
I need it to be displayed as hyperlink for user to click on the mail id to open their default email client.

thanks

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Zameer Abdulla
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[ca8msm]

Yes it is. You can create a HyperLinkField and set the relevant properties for it e.g.

<asp:DetailsView ID="myDetailsView" runat="server">
<Fields>
    <asp:HyperLinkField ... />
</Fields>
</asp:DetailsView>

For more info see:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.detailsview(VS.80).aspx

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[ZmrAbdulla]

Thanks for that... still I am struggling with it.
here is my code that displays as a link.. obviously searching for a page. Tried many combination still no success.

.............
<asp:HyperLinkField  
	DataTextField="Email" 
	NavigateUrl="mailto:"   
	DataNavigateUrlFields="Email" 
	HeaderText="Email :" >                 
</asp:HyperLinkField >
..............

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Zameer Abdulla
Help to find Missing people
Sharp acids corrode their own containers.

 

[ca8msm]

At a guess, try something like:

<asp:HyperLinkField
  DataTextField="Email"
  DataNavigateUrlFields="Email"
  DataNavigateUrlFormatString="mailto:{0}"          
  HeaderText="Email"
/>

If not, have a look at the MSDN article for the HyperLinkField which should go into better detail:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.hyperlinkfield(VS.80).aspx

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[ZmrAbdulla]

No.. we are missing something..

I have already read that articles and some on the web none of them showing how to do the email link. let me go for more search.

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Zameer Abdulla
Help to find Missing people
Sharp acids corrode their own containers.