URL in a Grid

[Todd]

I have a bound grid autogenerating the columns.  One column as an abbreviation in it and another has a URL..  What I'd like to do is have the URL column just be a hyperlink for the abbreviation.  So, how can I make the abbreviation column a hyperlink column then how can i set the URL to be the value of the other column?

[Dean]

Hi Todd,

I've given you an example below on how you can accomplish your task, the only thing is that I am setting the columns and not autogenerating the columns.

ASP Markup

<telerik:RadGrid ID="grdWebLinks" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" CellSpacing="0"
    GridLines="None">
    <MasterTableView>
        <Columns>
            <telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn DataNavigateUrlFields="URL" DataTextField="Abbreviation"
                HeaderText="Abbreviation" UniqueName="colAbbrev">
            </telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="URL" HeaderText="URL" UniqueName="colURL">
            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
        </Columns>
    </MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>

Code Behind

Public Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        grdWebLinks.DataSource = BuildDataSource()
        grdWebLinks.DataBind()
    End Sub

    Private Function BuildDataSource() As List(Of MyWebLink)
        Dim oLinks As New List(Of MyWebLink)
        oLinks.Add(New MyWebLink("SA", "http://www.southafrica.net"))
        oLinks.Add(New MyWebLink("CT-SA", "http://www.cape-town.info/"))
        oLinks.Add(New MyWebLink("JB-ZA", "http://www.joburgtourism.com/"))
        Return oLinks
    End Function
End Class

Public Class MyWebLink
    Public Property Abbreviation As String
    Public Property URL As String

    Public Sub New(ByVal sAbbreviation As String, ByVal sURL As String)
        Abbreviation = sAbbreviation
        URL = sURL
    End Sub
End Class

Hope this helps!

[Todd]

Ok, but how can I do that with a autogenerated column?

[Dean]

Hi Todd,

Automatically-generated columns are aware of the data type of the field/property, You can take a look at the following threads and see if it helps you.

Changing the column type to hyperlink when using AutoGenerateColumns

Dynamic Link buttons created using ItemCreated not firing ItemCommand

Hope you come right.