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Using the Hyperlink property available on the following ActiveReports controls, you can add hyperlinks that connect to a Web page, open an e-mail, or jump to a bookmark.

• Label
• TextBox
• Picture
• OleObject

  Note: When using the HtmlViewer, the RawHtml, the Flash Viewer or the Silverlight Viewer to display a report, you should indicate a full URL address (for example, "http://www.datadynamics.com") for the Hyperlink property.

To link to a Web page

1. Click the control to select it.
2. In the Properties window, set the HyperLink property to any valid URL.

To link to an e-mail address

1. Click the control to select it.
2. In the Properties window, set the HyperLink property to mailto: and any valid e-mail address.

To parse the URL out of a database field for a hyperlink

1. Double-click the section where the control is located. This creates an event-handling method for the section's Format event.
2. Add code to the Format event to
   • Parse the URL out of the HomePage field
   • Assign it to the HyperLink property of txtHomePage
   • Remove the URL markers from the text displayed in txtHomePage

The following example shows what the code for the method looks like.

To write the code in Visual Basic.NET

Dim iStart As Integer
Dim sHTML As String
If txtHomePage.Text <> "" Then
    iStart = InStr(1, txtHomePage.Text, "#", CompareMethod.Text)
    sHTML = Right(txtHomePage.Text, (Len(txtHomePage.Text) - iStart))
    sHTML = Replace(sHTML, "#", "", 1, -1, CompareMethod.Text)
    txtHomePage.HyperLink = sHTML
    txtHomePage.Text = Replace(txtHomePage.Text, "#", "", 1, -1, CompareMethod.Text)
End If

To write the code in C#

int iStart;
string sHTML;
if (txtHomePage.Text != "")
    {
     iStart = txtHomePage.Text.IndexOf("#",0);
     sHTML = txtHomePage.Text.Substring(iStart, txtHomePage.Text.Length - iStart);
     sHTML = sHTML.Replace("#", "");
     txtHomePage.HyperLink = sHTML;
     txtHomePage.Text = txtHomePage.Text.Replace("#", "");
    }

To create a hyperlink that jumps to a bookmark

1. Double-click the section where the control is located. This creates an event-handling method for the section's Format event.
2. Add code to the Format event to
   • Parse the URL out of the HomePage field
   • Assign it to the HyperLink property of txtHomePage
   • Remove the URL markers from the text displayed in txtHomePage

The following example shows what the code for the method looks like.

To write the code in Visual Basic.NET

Public pBM As New BookmarksCollection()
Dim iEntry As Integer

Me.Detail1.AddBookmark(Me.txtCompanyName.Text)
Me.txtEntry.HyperLink = "toc://" + pBM(iEntry - 1).Label
Me.txtEntry.Text = pBM(iEntry - 1).Label     
Me.txtPage.Text = pBM(iEntry - 1).PageNumber

To write the code in C#

public BookmarksCollection pBM = new BookmarksCollection();
int iEntry;

this.detail.AddBookmark(this.txtCompanyName.Text);
this.txtEntry.HyperLink = "toc://" + pBM[iEntry - 1].Label;
this.txtEntry.Text = pBM[iEntry - 1].Label;
this.txtPage.Text = pBM[iEntry - 1].PageNumber.ToString();

To display the page number of the bookmark in the table of contents

To write the code in Visual Basic

If iEntry > pBM.Count - 1 Then
    eArgs.EOF = True
Else
    eArgs.EOF = False
    iEntry += 1
End If

To write the code in C#

if (iEntry > pBM.Count - 1)
{
    eArgs.EOF = true;
}
else
{
    eArgs.EOF = false;
    iEntry += 1;
}