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Link Label Control

Greg
11/3/2005 1:45:08 PM

vb.net controls: I am attempting to have a link label control on my vb form that will access a
row in a database that is configured as a hyperlink. From a combo box the
user will choose a database item and the relating hyperlink will display to
some website. I have that working, however when the link label is clicked I
get no activity and it does not open up a web page. I've searched for a
solution however the only documentation that I found was to have one static
URL. How do I make this link label call up internet explorer with the
appropiate hyperlink from the database? I am new to programming and finding
my way through this project.

Thanks in advance.

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Gregory M. Peiguss
Executive Vice-President

Re: Link Label Control

S.M. Altaf [MVP]
11/7/2005 12:00:00 AM

Greg,

This really depends on how your application is structure, which I cannot
see.
But what you should be doing is retrieving the URL from the database on your
combobox item change event, and store it in a variable.
The linklabel's click event can have a simple
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(strUrlVariable) in it.

HTH
Altaf
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