Hyperlink Column in Windows RadGridView

[Ganeshram]

Hi,
I have two questions

Hyperlink Like Column:
    Basically I have to display a list of columns where some columns will be used as hyperlink to take it to their details.How to get a column as hyperlink in window gridview which will take it to new form.

All I want to be able to add a column like the normal data grid view control where the user can click the text which appears like a hyperlink and have some action occur.
 
Change the Font:
I have a workaround solution if cannot create hyperlink like column.Change the color of the cellelement to Blue and underline.And on cell element click we can take it to new form.How to change the font of the cell element in runtime.I can see font.underline is readonly.?

Please help

[Jack]

Hi Ganeshram,

Thank you for writing us.

Currently, RadGridView does not support a hyperlink column. We will consider implementing this functionality in our upcoming Q1 2008 release.

The following code demonstrates how to change the font and the color of a column to represent a hyperlink:

Font font;
this.radGridView1.CellFormatting += new CellFormattingEventHandler(radGridView1_CellFormatting);
this.radGridView1.CellClick += new GridViewCellEventHandler(radGridView1_CellClick);
this.radGridView1.DataSource = table;
this.radGridView1.Columns["Name"].ReadOnly = true;

void radGridView1_CellClick(object sender, GridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.ColumnIndex == 1 && e.RowIndex > 0)
    {
        Process.Start("http://www.google.com");
    }
}


void radGridView1_CellFormatting(object sender, CellFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CellElement is GridDataCellElement)
    {
        if (((GridViewDataColumn)e.CellElement.ColumnInfo).DataField == "Name")
        {
            e.CellElement.Font = font;
            e.CellElement.ForeColor = Color.Blue;
        }
    }
}

Do not hesitate to write us if you have other questions.

All the best,
Jack
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[Kumar]

I do not see RadGridView supports hyperlink column yet. Is this being considered. Also as a work around I am trying to change the font to blue and underling the text. Is there a easy way to underline the text? Thanks in advance.

[Jack]

Hello Kumar,

Yes, currently there is no dedicated hyper link column. You should use the code from my previous post. It changes the font color to blue by setting the ForeColor property. To make the font underlined just use the proper definition:

Font font = new Font(SystemFonts.DialogFont, FontStyle.Underline);

I hope this helps.

All the best,

Jack
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[RIZAL]

Hi, with the latest release, I think radgridview support to open other form beside goto to website.

Can you show me how?

 

Tq

[Stefan]

Hi,

You can use the HyperlinkOpening event, which is cancelable and open the form that you want.

More information regarding the hyperlink column is available here: http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/gridview-columns-gridviewhyperlinkcolumn.html.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Stefan
Telerik

[RIZAL]

Hi, sorry not to explain further.

 I tried using HyperlinkOpening and also HyperlinkOpened event but didn't worked.

What I want to do is when user click the hyperlink, it will open the second form.

 The code:

Private Sub Form2_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

      me.Textbox1.Text = ​Form1.​gridview.CurrentRow.Cells("ID").Value

End Sub

 The problem is it shows the previous selected row index because the hyperlink row only will be selected after Form2 closed.

 

 

 

 

[Stefan]

Hi,

It seems you pasted wrong code snippet. Here is one demonstrating how this can be done:

Private Sub RadGridView1_HyperlinkOpening(sender As Object, e As HyperlinkOpeningEventArgs)
    e.Cancel = True

    Dim f As New Form()
    f.Text = e.Column.Name + " " + e.Row.Index
    f.Show()
End Sub

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Stefan
Telerik