create links in dynamically created grid view

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Hi All,
I have created a dynamic grid view, i have four fields in it namely:-Name, Gender, Contact, Email. I want to make the name field as a link from which i can open a new page which will show complete profile of person.

Please help me with this.

Posted 19-Oct-12 20:41pm

Skand Pratap Singh

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adriancs · Answer 1 · 2012-10-19T21:20:00

Updated:
Adding Hyperlink dynamically into a dynamic added GridView

C#

private void NewMethod()
{
    DataTable dt = SomeMethodReturnsDataTable();

    GridView gv = new GridView();
    PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(gv);

    gv.DataSource = dt;
    gv.DataBind();

    foreach (GridViewRow gr in gv.Rows)
    {
        HyperLink hp = new HyperLink();
        hp.Text = gr.Cells[0].Text;
        hp.NavigateUrl = "~/Default.aspx?name=" + hp.Text;
        gr.Cells[0].Controls.Add(hp);
    }
}

C#

private DataTable SomeMethodReturnsDataTable()
{
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection())
    {
        con.ConnectionString = "Data Source=.; Initial Catalog=skand; Integrated Security=true";
        con.Open();
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
        cmd.Connection = con;
        cmd.CommandText = "Select candidatename as 'Name', gender as 'Gender', contactmobile as 'Contact Number', contactmail as 'E-Mail' from tblUserRegister";

        SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
        da.Fill(dt);

        con.Close();
    }
    return dt;
}

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Code for adding hyperlink directly into ASP.NET tag page

ASP.NET

<asp:gridview id="GridView1" runat="server" autogeneratecolumns="False" xmlns:asp="#unknown">
    <columns>
        <asp:hyperlinkfield datatextfield="name" headertext="Name" />
    </columns>
</asp:gridview>

code behind

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    System.Data.DataTable dt = new System.Data.DataTable();
    dt.Columns.Add("name");
    dt.Rows.Add("Steve Jobs");
    dt.Rows.Add("Bill Gates");

    GridView1.DataSource = dt;
    GridView1.DataBind();

    foreach (GridViewRow gvr in GridView1.Rows)
    {
        ((HyperLink)gvr.Cells[0].Controls[0]).NavigateUrl = "~/Default.aspx?name=" 
                                              + dt.Rows[gvr.RowIndex]["name"];
    }
}

vivektiwari97701 · Answer 2 · 2012-10-19T20:47:00

Solution 1

http://forums.asp.net/t/1060749.aspx/1[^]

Posted 19-Oct-12 20:47pm

vivektiwari97701

Sanjeev Alamuri · Answer 3 · 2012-10-19T20:51:00

Solution 2

Adding Link to datagridview dynamically[^]

Posted 19-Oct-12 20:51pm

Sanjeev Alamuri