Datagrid >> XML >> Website Hyperlink

[jokerfool]

I have a datagrid that connect to my xml file and displays 3 columns of data, the third which is the website links, how can I have it so those website links become hyperlinks, can someone assist me with this please:

Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Data

Public Class Form1

    Dim ds As New DataSet

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim xmlFile As XmlReader
        xmlFile = XmlReader.Create("C:\Projects\Grid Search Application\PhoneData.xml", New XmlReaderSettings())

        ds.ReadXml(xmlFile)

        DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)

    End Sub

    Private Sub btnMobileDeviceFilter_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnMobileDeviceFilter.Click
        ds.Tables(0).DefaultView.RowFilter = "[Mobile_Phone_Type] like '%" & tbMobileDevice.Text & "%'"
        DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)
    End Sub

    Private Sub btnSimType_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSimType.Click
        ds.Tables(0).DefaultView.RowFilter = "[SIM_Type] like '%" & tbSIMType.Text & "%'"
        DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)
    End Sub

    Private Sub btnWebsiteLinkFilter_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnWebsiteLinkFilter.Click
        ds.Tables(0).DefaultView.RowFilter = "[Website_Link] like '%" & tbWebsiteLink.Text & "%'"
        DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)
    End Sub

Everything runs smoothly, I just want to make the website links hyperlinks.

Can I use this in my code?

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ight=hyperlink

Thank you.

[dunfiddlin]

The trick is to create your datagridview columns before binding the table and specifying their data member ...

Dim dt As New DataTable
        dt.Columns.Add("Links", GetType(String))
        dt.Rows.Add({"http://www.google.co.uk"})
        dgv.Columns.Add(New DataGridViewLinkColumn)
        dgv.Columns(0).DataPropertyName = "Links"
        dgv.Columns(0).Name = "Links"
        dgv.DataSource = dt

Don't forget though that this only gives the appearance of a hyperlink. As with link labels you still need to program the result of a click eg. launching a browser.