ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Using the HyperLink Control

The HyperLink control enables you to create a link to a page. Unlike the LinkButton control, the HyperLink control does not submit a form to a server.

For example, the page in Listing 2.32 displays a hyperlink that randomly links to a page in your application.

Listing 2.32. ShowHyperLink.aspx

In the Page_Load event handler in Listing 2.32, a random filename from the current application is assigned to the NavigateUrl property of the HyperLink control.

The HyperLink control supports the following properties (this is ...