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Expertise: Intermediate
Language: .NET
November 11, 2009
ASP.NET Workaround: Calling a JavaScript Function from a HyperLinkField in a GridView
If you place a HyperLinkField in a GridView in an ASP.NET page and link it to a JavaScript function, you'll find that it doesn't work properly. The problem is that the URL specified by the HyperLinkField's NavigateUrl fails to render when you use a JavaScript reference (such as "Javascript:func();") rather than a standard URL.
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