Link to be displayed in short

Ramco Ramco

I have below gridview in which there is one column Amazon Link. I want to be displayed as Amazon Link & when clicked it should open in another window

SQLUtility sQLUtility = new SQLUtility();
DataTable dt = sQLUtility.GeBookPlanningRecommendation(HRpl, BookCollection, StudentCollection).Tables[0];
if (dt != null)
{
    DataColumn Remarks = new DataColumn("Remarks", typeof(string));
    dt.Columns.Add(Remarks);
    grdPlanning.DataSource = dt;
    grdPlanning.DataBind();
}

Thanks

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Mohamed Azarudeen Z3y ago

Accepted answer

To display short description alone kindly check this code

protected void gr_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        string amazonLink = (string)DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "AmazonLink");
        HyperLink lnkAmazonLink = (HyperLink)e.Row.FindControl("lnkAmazonLink");
        lnkAmazonLink.Text = "Click here for Amazon"; // Set your desired link text
        lnkAmazonLink.NavigateUrl = amazonLink;
        lnkAmazonLink.Target = "_blank";
        lnkAmazonLink.CssClass = "amazon-link";
    }
}

In this updated code, yOu cann use a BoundField to display the "AmazonLink" column directly.

Tuhin Paul3y ago
To optimize the code, you can use a TemplateField instead of a BoundField to have more control over the display of the "AmazonLink" column. Here's an optimized version of the code:
```
    
        
        
            
                Click here for Amazon
            
        
    
```
CSS:
```
.amazon-link {
    color: blue;
    text-decoration: underline;
    cursor: pointer;
}
```
C#:
```
protected void grdPlanning_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        HyperLink lnkAmazonLink = (HyperLink)e.Row.FindControl("lnkAmazonLink");
        lnkAmazonLink.CssClass = "amazon-link";
    }
}
```
In this optimized version, we replaced the BoundField with a TemplateField and directly added an anchor tag (``) within the ItemTemplate. This allows you to customize the link text and navigate URL directly in the markup. The C# code remains the same, but I changed the event handler name to match the event name in the markup (`grdPlanning_RowDataBound`). Additionally, we only need to set the CSS class for the link in the RowDataBound event handler.
Mohamed Azarudeen Z3y ago
Great
Ramco Ramco3y ago
Hi Mohamed

I have autogeneratecolumns = true

Thanks
Ramco Ramco3y ago
Hi Mohammed

If i just want to display short description then what should be done.

Thank

Mohamed Azarudeen Z3y ago

Hi Ramco to open amazon tan in another window in gridview try this code

Hope this helps