58 views 0 replies means i probably didn't explain this very well : )

Matters not a good nights sleep and several coffees and i cracked it in all of 5 minutes tonight.

Code:
DirectCast(e.Item.FindControl("hyp1"), System.Web.UI.WebControls.HyperLink).Attributes.Add("data-lightbox", Convert.ToString(DataBinder.Eval(e.Item.DataItem, "Id")))