Web link in a windows form

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Charles Zhang

I have a windows form created in C#, there is web link inside it. I
would like the default browser being launched if the link is clicked on.

Does anyone know the easiest way to do so?

Thanks

Charles Zhang
 
If using .net 2.0, you can just add a LinkLabel... If not, you can try
to use Reflector to copy al the control and compile it with .net 1.1
Bye
 
Hi Charles,

As Diego has suggested, in winform application you can use the "LinkLabel"
control to display a html hyperlink like element on form. However, you need
to hook its "LinkClicked" event and use code to programmatically launch the
default browser on the system. A very simple approach is using the
"System.Diagnostics.Process" class's "Start" method to open the target http
url. e.g.

=============
private void linkLabel1_LinkClicked(object sender,
LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e)
{
Process.Start("http://www.asp.net");
}
=============

You can also manually get the default browser image path from the following
registry:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command

and use Process class to execute that program with the http url as
parameter.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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Thank you very much for the timely response.

I used LinkLable to do the trick, it worked perfectly.

Charles Zhang
 
You're welcome:)

Have a nice day!

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
 
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