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Nick Hollis
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URL in a DataGrid Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 01 Sep 08 5:17 AM

Hi,

Does anybody know which properties to set to get a URL in a datagrid? I have the URL in the database (it is just a random web url), I need to have the hyperlink in the grid. Using the properties available in the Link column I can only ever get either the text to show for the link, and it takes you nowhere, or no text at all. I have even tried creating a custom property to wrap some <A> tags around the URL and place it directly in the grid as a bound column but no joy - Logix is replacing my tags with the HTML encoded characters instead so IE ignores them.

Any ideas which properties I should be setting?

Many thanks,
Nick

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Ryan Farley
Posts: 2265

Re: URL in a DataGrid Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 02 Sep 08 11:17 AM

Which version is this for? I did this in 7.2.2 using a Custom column and I could add the hyperlink just fine. I can't remember what specifically I did in the format code for it, but I know it worked OK when I did it then. I did it in a 7.2.2 Web training class I was teaching (one of the students asked about it) so we did it in class and I'm not sure if I still have the database I used then, but I will check.

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Nick Hollis
Posts: 549

Re: URL in a DataGrid Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 05 Sep 08 4:18 AM

Hi Ryan,

I thought it could be done that way - just couldnt figure out which format string to use! I changed it to custom smart part and did in ASP.NET instead

Cheers,
Nick

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Ryan Farley
Posts: 2265

Re: URL in a DataGrid Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 05 Sep 08 12:28 PM

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Originally posted by Nick Hollis

Hi Ryan,

I thought it could be done that way - just couldnt figure out which format string to use! I changed it to custom smart part and did in ASP.NET instead

Cheers,
Nick

Maybe that is what the difference is. I didn't use a format string per-se, but used the FormatMethod for this. You basically get to create a code snippet where the value is passed in and you format it however using C# code. So I just used string.Concat to append the necessary values together to create the complete URL and that is what showed in the grid.

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Nick Hollis
Posts: 549

Re: URL in a DataGrid Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 11 Sep 08 9:41 AM

Hi Ryan,

I dont suppose you have a sample of that do you? I need to do the same thing again and would be good to do it in the QuickForm. I am not sure what value you need to pick up in the Concat?

Cheers,
Nick

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Nick Hollis
Posts: 549

Re: URL in a DataGrid Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 11 Sep 08 9:44 AM

Ignore my above request, just re-read your post and it makes sense now

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Ryan Farley
Posts: 2265

Re: URL in a DataGrid Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 11 Sep 08 6:49 PM

Hi Nick,

I thought this would make a worthwhile blog post, so I've posted an example here: http://customerfx.com/pages/crmdeveloper/2008/09/11/Custom-Format-Columns-in-SalesLogix-Web-and-Linking-to-External-Sites-in-a-DataGrid.aspx

Enjoy

-Ryan

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Nick Hollis
Posts: 549

Re: URL in a DataGrid Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 12 Sep 08 5:28 AM

Hi Ryan,

Brilliant stuff thanks!

Nick

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