Access File Share from Hyperlink Column

[Kevin]

Hi all (and thanks in advnace for your help),

I have a hyperlink set as follows:

<asp:HyperLink
ID="HyperLink1"
runat="server"
NavigateUrl = "\\server\share\SomeDoc.doc>
</asp:HyperLink>

This works fine & is what the client wants. It opens the file "SomeDoc.doc" in MS Word.

Now the question. I have a table as follows:

"John", "\\server\share\John.doc"
"Mary", "\\server\share\Mary.doc"
etc...

I would like to use th RadGrid control with a HyperLink column so that the NavigateUrl is set to the UNC Path of the file in the table so when the user clicks the Hyperlink, the file "\\server\share\John.doc" opens up in MS Word.

I am have difficulty doing this.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Kevin

[Princy]

Hi Kevin,

Try the following setting with GridHyperLinkColumn in order to accomplish the same.

aspx:

<Columns >

<telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn

DataNavigateUrlFields="Name"

DataTextFormatString="Open {0}"

UniqueName="Name"

DataNavigateUrlFormatString="\\server\share\{0}.doc"

DataTextField="Name">

</telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn>

</Columns>

Hope this helps,
Princy.

[Kevin]

Princy,

Thanks you, thank you, thank you !!!

My head no longer hurts from banging it against the wall.

One other question:

How do I dynamically set these valuses when the grid is being loaded?

Thanks again, Kevin

[Princy]

Hello Kevin,

If you want to set the column properties dynamically, then you could access the column using "ColumnUniqueName" and set the property. Checkout the "Declarative columns" part in the following documentation.
Using columns

Thanks,
Princy.