Open Outlook or use mailTo

[Kriztine]

Hi,

The data in my report consists of e-mail addresses. If I click on the e-mail address, I want to open outlook containing that address. How to achieve that using HtmlTextBox or TextBox?

[Elian]

Hello Mae,

You can use the Navigate To Url Action of any component to make them open links. Then you can simply create a mailto link.

An alternative would be to use HtmlTextBox specifically and assign a link to its value. 

All the best,
Elian
the Telerik team

[Kriztine]

Hello,

I have tried using this,

textBoxTable.Value = "=Fields." + dc.ColumnName;
textBoxTable.Value = "<a href=\"mailto:" + textBoxTable.Value + "\">\n" + textBoxTable.Value + "</a>";

where textBoxTable is a HtmlTextBox

but I am not getting the e-mail addresses (data) but the =Fields.<DataColumnName>

What have I missed?

 

 

 

[Elian]

Hi Mae,

The TextBox cannot handle links automatically. You have to use Navigate To Url Action. And then in the action you specify the address. The Value is what displays on the screen, not what happens when you click it. Also when writing data-binding expression the equal sign '=' must be first " so that it specifies that an expression follows. 'some_string' +  =Fields.FieldName" is not valid, it should be "= 'some_string' + Fields.FieldName". Here's a sample for your case:

var action = new NavigateToUrlAction();
action.Target = UrlTarget.NewWindow;
action.Url = "= 'mailto:' + Fields." + dc.ColumnName;

textBox1.Action = action;
textBox1.Value = "= Fields." + dc.ColumnName;

Kind regards,
Elian
the Telerik team

[Kriztine]

Thanks Elian! It works perfectly!

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