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Here are your choices:
• Static Text: Select this radio button if you want to use a generic
description for this column. Enter text for the link, such as Details.
• Data Field: Select this radio button if you want to add text for a link
based on a hyperlink column. Then from the drop-down list, select a
data field in your dataset. In the example, we selected the
last_name
column, as shown in Figure 1-12.
• Format String: This field is automatically generated and shows the
format of the URL text.
7. In the Linked Page section, specify the URL for the hyperlink column
text.
Here are your choices:
• Static Text: Select this radio button if you want to use a generic link
for this column. Enter the URL for the link, such as Details.aspx.
• Data Field: Select this radio button if you want to add a link for data
displayed in the hyperlink column. Then from the drop-down list,
select a data field in your dataset. In the example, we selected the
first_name column, as shown in Figure 1-12.
• Format String: This field is automatically generated and shows the
format of the URL link.
The URL opens the detail page and uniquely identifies the record to
display on the detail page.
Figure 1-12:
This
Hyperlink
Column
dialog box
uses the
first_
name
as the
parameter
and
detail_
net.asp
as the page.
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