Web link in a windows form

[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

 

[Diego Jancic]

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

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

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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[Charles Zhang]

Thank you very much for the timely response.

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

Charles Zhang

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

You're welcome

Have a nice day!

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead