List of websites + hyperlinks

[jokerfool]

I am in need of advice. I have a list of domains and I wanted to find out what the best course of method was to display this so the user can see the link and click on it. I have roughly 300_ domains so doing the link label is out of the question.

I wanted to create some sort of grid but then wondered if I was able to have hyperlinks in the grid, I didnt want to do an xml cos I didnt want any files outside of the main application and wanted everything internal.

Can anyone post some suggestions please.

Thank you.

[jmcilhinney]

The DataGridView has a standard column type specifically for displaying hyperlinks.

[jokerfool]

I currently have a datagrid set up but the links are in a XML file which is annoying when I want to bundle it. The current grid has 3 columns, name, name, website, but the link is like a text link and not clickable, is there an easy way for me to contain the links in the XML to within the application so the data displayed in the 3rd column has a clickable hyperlink?

Here is my code for grabbing the XML

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\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

[jmcilhinney]

As I said, the DataGridView (NOT DataGrid, which is a different control) has a standard column type specifically for hyperlinks. It's not going to add one by default though, because it has no idea that the text in that column is supposed to be links. If you want a link column then you have to add one yourself, which you would do in the designer. You can add just that column and let the grid add the others or you can add all the columns yourself. I'd probably go with the second option. If you add columns in the designer then you must set their DataPropertyName so they know what to bind to.