C# How do I create a Hyperlink OnClick event on GridView? - asp.net

Question

I'm having trouble creating the GridView I want.
I would like the user to get inside the website and see the GridView which is attached to a DB.
Columns are: ID, InsertionTime, Filepath, ProccessedByUser
Now I want the user to click the filepath he/she would like to process. When he/she clicks the filepath, I want their username (logged in with built-in asp website authentication) to be updated (added) into DB.
My markup is standard and I haven't got to manage with code behind.
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="ID" DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1"
onselectedindexchanged="GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="ID" HeaderText="ID" InsertVisible="False"
ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="ID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="starttime" HeaderText="starttime"
SortExpression="starttime" />
<asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields="path" DataTextField="path"
HeaderText="path" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="user" HeaderText="user" SortExpression="user" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
I tried using HyperlinkField but it doesn't seem to support onlick events.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Answer 1

I assume you are looking for the LinkButton control which has an OnClick event.
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
DataKeyNames="ID" DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1"
onselectedindexchanged="GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="ID" HeaderText="ID" InsertVisible="False"
ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="ID" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="starttime" HeaderText="starttime"
SortExpression="starttime" />
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Path" SortExpression="Filepath">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="LbPath" runat="server"
Text='<%# Eval("Filepath") %>'
CommandName="PathUpdate"
CommandArgument='<%#Bind("path") %>'>
</asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:BoundField DataField="user" HeaderText="user" SortExpression="user" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
Now you can handle the LinkButton's click event or the GridView's RowCommand event.
protected void Gridview1_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName == "PathUpdate")
{
string path= e.CommandArgument.ToString();
// do you what you need to do
}
}
Note that i've used a TemplateField which is the most dynamic column type in a GridView since you can add anything you want, even nested GridViews or UserControls.

Answer 2

You could use a ButtonField, and then handle OnRowCommand of the gridview. Example here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/SV-SE/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.buttonfieldbase.buttontype.aspx
You can set the ButtonType attribute of ButtonField to display the button as a Link.