hyperlinks not working correctly on some browser

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I have a gridview with a hyperlink using templatefield.

ASP.NET

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Item Refs" SortExpression="Datapath">
    <EditItemTemplate>
        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Datapath") %>'></asp:TextBox>
    </EditItemTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:HyperLink Target="_blank" ID="attachment" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# Bind("Datapath") %>' Text="View"></asp:HyperLink>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

result

I have tried IE, Chrome and FF but no luck. the url is location to network folder.

\\web\uploads\147127\BFM-510483-1001\file.pdf

Any idea?

Posted 1-Feb-16 3:03am

r00n3y

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ZurdoDev 1-Feb-16 10:17am

That's because your DataPath is wrong.

r00n3y 1-Feb-16 11:30am

how can i fix it? thats how its stored in db.

ZurdoDev 1-Feb-16 11:38am

Implment the RowCreated event, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.gridview.rowcreated(v=vs.110).aspx

Each time a row is created this will fire and you can get access to the hyperlink and change NavigateUrl property to an actual url.

Sinisa Hajnal 1-Feb-16 11:53am

You have to use proper url in hyperlink. something like file://web/uploads....../whatever.pdf

r00n3y 1-Feb-16 14:43pm

is there a way to append text to the asp:HyperLink field? Maybe i can add "file:" and see if it works?

Richard Deeming 1-Feb-16 14:51pm

Try:
NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("Datapath", "file:{0}") %>'

r00n3y 1-Feb-16 15:13pm

Tried, funny thing is when i publish it and try it it doesnt work. But it works while debugging.
ahhh fugde.

Richard Deeming 1-Feb-16 15:26pm

Could be a security issue. Pages hosted on a website aren't supposed to be able to interact with local files.

You might need to map a virtual directory to the "uploads" folder, and manipulate the path to load the file through the website instead.

r00n3y 2-Feb-16 9:14am

I ended up mounting network drive to where files being stored and added ip address in trusted sites. Now im able to open the files.

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