Open a new window using Hyperlink NavigateUrl property inside gridview

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I have a hyperlink inside a gridview. Iam attempting to open the link on a new window. I found below code which works. However the #039 removes all "\". If I remove the #039, the code does not build. Any thoughts how to make this work?

It has to be a simple fix but I have spent much time unable to get this working.

Many thanks in advance.

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<ItemTemplate>

<asp:HyperLink  ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("FileLink", "javascript:openWindow(&#039;{0}&#039;);") %>' Text='<%# Eval("Name") %>' /> </asp:HyperLink>

</ItemTemplate>

My javascript function is

C#

function openWindow(path)
{
    window.open(path,'','height=500,width=500');
}

Posted 10-Nov-10 12:15pm

sujanir

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Tej Aj · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-10T19:36:00

Solution 1

I tried running ur code its working fine.

#039; is required coz it adds ' char at start and end of ur URL which is passed to JS function without which it won't work.

also u hve closed ur hyperlink tag twice

remove any 1 closing tag.

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Posted 10-Nov-10 19:36pm

Tej Aj

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sujanir 15-Nov-10 17:12pm

Thanks for the answer. The issue lies in the url that I pass and not in the javascript. The url that I pass is absolute url path & resides in one of the servers. This is a text file. IE does not recognise absolute url paths; it removes all forward slashes and therefore the page shows an error.

The work around that I have is to map the path to a local drive and use that instead.