IInsertHyperlinkDialog Changed

[Stephen]

Hi,

I had implemented my own UI for managing the RadRichTextBox control.  Unfortunately upon updating to the latest version of your library I am now getting compile errors as you have changed the signature of the ShowDialog method.

From:

public void ShowDialog(string text, string address, Action<Hyperlink> insertHyperlinkCallback, Action cancelCallback)

To:

ShowDialog(string text, HyperlinkInfo currentHyperlinkInfo, IEnumerable<string> bookmarkNames, Action<string, HyperlinkInfo> insertHyperlinkCallback, Action cancelCallback)

I haven't been able to find any documentation on these changes and what is required in order to get hyperlinks working again with the new contracts.  Could you point me in the right direction please?

Stephen.

[Ivailo Karamanolev]

Hi Stephen,

These changes are related to the new way we're handling hyperlinks and the support for bookmarks. I'll explain the new signature argument by argument

• HyperlinkInfo currentHyperlinkInfo - this is the HyperlinkInfo of the current hyperlink. This class (HyperlinkInfo) contains all the information about a hyperlink - the URI, the target and whether it's pointing to a bookmark inside the document or not.
• IEnumerable<string> bookmarkNames - this is an enumerable of the names of the bookmarks in the current document. The default implementation uses them to provide a combo box for creating links to bookmarks.
• Action<string, HyperlinkInfo> - the same as before, but using HyperlinkInfo instead of Hyperlink.

The documentation for the new version is still in progress, but we're working to make it available as soon as possible. Let us know if you need any additional information.
Best wishes,
Ivailo
the Telerik team

[Jarred Froman]

We would like to disable/hide certain parts of this dialog and make some of the properties defaulted.  Is that possible?  If not, do you have a sample demonstrating how to use the InsertHyperlinkDialog property?

Thank You,
-Jarred Froman

[Iva Toteva]

Hello Stephen,

Currently there is no way to hide or disable parts of the insert hyperlink dialog. However it is relatively easy to create and use your own dialog by implementing the new slightly changed IInsertHyperlinkDialog interface. I've attached a sample project that demonstrate this. You can use it in your project and customize or remove all the parts you want.
You can see that in the example the MyInsertHyperlinkDialog class has the CustomInsertHyperlink attribute. This way the rich text box will automatically detect it using MEF and will show an instance of this dialog when you call the ShowInsertHyperlinkDialog method.
The other way to replace the default hyperlink dialog is to explicitly set the InsertHyperlinkDialog property of the RadRichTextBox control to an instance of your custom dialog. In this case you don't need to add CustomInsertHyperlink attribute to your implementation of the dialog.

I hope this was helpful. Don't hesitate to write to us again if you need further assistance.

Best wishes,
Alexander
the Telerik team

[Vinicius]

Hi!
Im having the same problem because the Hyperlink Dialog works fine with web URL and bookmarks, but when i try to create a File hyperlink it always insert "http://" before the address, and try to open it in browser. There's any way to fix it?

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Vinicius,

You can change the fact that the dialog adds http:// before URLs which do not specify another protocol. You can see how this has been done in the attached project in this forum thread or the ones in the WPF forum (there are demos in VB for both Silverlight and WPF and a demo in C# for WPF).

However, even if you insert a hyperlink pointing to a file/folder on the machine, clicking this link will not open the file/folder. An InvalidOperationException will occur, because Silverlight does not allow access to the file system on the client. You can test that by inserting a hyperlink through the API like this:

HyperlinkInfo hyperlinkInfo = new HyperlinkInfo() { NavigateUri = filePath, Target = HyperlinkTargets.Blank };
this.radRichTextBox.InsertHyperlink(hyperlinkInfo, "My File");

I hope this helps. Kind regards,
Iva Toteva
the Telerik team