GroganJ
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How do I add a hyperlink to a textbox in C#?
Hi All,
I have a textbox on a form and I want to add some text with a hyperlink. This is a C# application. If I get the text and the address for the hyperlink from a database, how can I format this for pasting to the textbox?
Thanks,
John.
I have a textbox on a form and I want to add some text with a hyperlink. This is a C# application. If I get the text and the address for the hyperlink from a database, how can I format this for pasting to the textbox?
Thanks,
John.
ASKER
Hi danora,
How can I make the text 'This is a test' be the hyperlink rather than have it appear first?
John.
How can I make the text 'This is a test' be the hyperlink rather than have it appear first?
John.
Hi John,
Unfortunately i am no expert and am admittedly taking a stab in the dark, don't know if anyone else can shed some light on this? This is what i would try though :)
TEST LINK <A href="chapter2.html">This is a test</A>
Dan
Unfortunately i am no expert and am admittedly taking a stab in the dark, don't know if anyone else can shed some light on this? This is what i would try though :)
TEST LINK <A href="chapter2.html">This is a test</A>
Dan
ASKER
Hi danora,
This is what gets printed in the textbox ...
<A href='chap2.html'>http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/ihstory.aspx?storycode=6512431</A>Scot
John.
This is what gets printed in the textbox ...
<A href='chap2.html'>http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/ihstory.aspx?storycode=6512431</A>Scot
John.
You can't put an active hyperlink into a textbox. Textboxes only display textual, non-active, content.
You care either going to have to display it as an actual hyperlink, or style your link so it looks like a textbox (although that is liable to confuse users).
You care either going to have to display it as an actual hyperlink, or style your link so it looks like a textbox (although that is liable to confuse users).
Hi John,
As carl tawn has just said i have found this info out aswell, please see below for some possible solutions
A Textbox does not have hyperlinks/Hyperlinking. This is not possible outside word documents anyway (even the rich text box will not jump you to an external control..).
3 different ways you can do this..
1. Redesign your form.. In many years of programming I have never seen any justification for more than 1 page of controls. Reasons not to have pages of controls include slow performance, screen flashing, memory hogging, crashes, poor maintainability etc.
Use a start page to restrict users to a subset of the controls, use a tab control, page control, menu item etc to load only the controls required.
2. Create your form as a dynamic HTML web page and embed it in your windows application.
3. If you really must have this and are familiar with graphics programming you can also:
Draw the strings on a panel object and trace the MouseDown event. When the user clicks on the panel then use the xy position to determine which item they clicked on. Use the MouseMove method to change the cursor to a hand when they are over valid text. Check ControlExit event and cancel hand cursor if it leaves the control.
As carl tawn has just said i have found this info out aswell, please see below for some possible solutions
A Textbox does not have hyperlinks/Hyperlinking. This is not possible outside word documents anyway (even the rich text box will not jump you to an external control..).
3 different ways you can do this..
1. Redesign your form.. In many years of programming I have never seen any justification for more than 1 page of controls. Reasons not to have pages of controls include slow performance, screen flashing, memory hogging, crashes, poor maintainability etc.
Use a start page to restrict users to a subset of the controls, use a tab control, page control, menu item etc to load only the controls required.
2. Create your form as a dynamic HTML web page and embed it in your windows application.
3. If you really must have this and are familiar with graphics programming you can also:
Draw the strings on a panel object and trace the MouseDown event. When the user clicks on the panel then use the xy position to determine which item they clicked on. Use the MouseMove method to change the cursor to a hand when they are over valid text. Check ControlExit event and cancel hand cursor if it leaves the control.
ASKER
OK, I've changed the textbox to a web browser. I then use the following code:
string eMail;
sEmail = @"<html><head> Hello World </head><body>The body </body> </html>";
WebBrowser.DocumentText = sEmail;
But, it doesn't display anything in the webrowser.
Any ideas what I'm missing?
string eMail;
sEmail = @"<html><head> Hello World </head><body>The body </body> </html>";
WebBrowser.DocumentText = sEmail;
But, it doesn't display anything in the webrowser.
Any ideas what I'm missing?
I thought this was a Web application, seeing as you tagged it in the ASP.Net zone. Is it actually a WinForms project?
Hi GroganJ
I am afraid i am out of ideas, hope you find your answer from someone else.
I am afraid i am out of ideas, hope you find your answer from someone else.
ASKER
Carl,
I must have clicked that in error - I have asked the mods to remove the reference to ASP.NET.
This is a winforms application that I'm building in C#.
I must have clicked that in error - I have asked the mods to remove the reference to ASP.NET.
This is a winforms application that I'm building in C#.
Using a LinkLabel may be an option for you. You can set its Text property and it will display like a Hyperlink, you can then handle the click event in order to navigate to the associated url.
Sample here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288420(VS.71).aspx
Sample here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288420(VS.71).aspx
ASKER
Let me take a step back and explain what I'm trying to achieve...
Every morning, we send out an email with a number of news articles - the article title is a hyperlink to the article and there is a line or 2 with a summary underneath.
I'm trying to automate the generation of this email, but in a textbox/webrowser/whatever
John.
Every morning, we send out an email with a number of news articles - the article title is a hyperlink to the article and there is a line or 2 with a summary underneath.
I'm trying to automate the generation of this email, but in a textbox/webrowser/whatever
John.
ASKER
Coolleomod - thank you.
try using RichTextBox
Dumping the code straight into the emai will be easier, because that way you can just dump HTML straight into the output. There is no benefit in trying to write it to a WinForm first.
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It worked!
Found some info for you hope this helps
In Label.Text or TextBox.Text you should write the link in html code like the following:
<A href="chapter2.html">TEST LINK</A> This is a test
will result in:
TEST LINK (<<being the hyperlink) This is a test