HyperLinkEdit.ShowBrowser(Object) Method

Executes the specified command as a new process.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v26.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual void ShowBrowser(
    object linkValue
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub ShowBrowser(
    linkValue As Object
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
linkValue	Object	The object representing the command to execute.

Remarks

The ShowBrowser method lets you execute a command passed as the parameter. The command is retrieved from the linkValue parameter by calling its ToString method.

To execute the command specified by the hyperlink editor, call the ShowBrowser method without parameters. The editor’s command is specified by the HyperLinkEdit.Text property.

Before executing the specified command, the RepositoryItemHyperLinkEdit.OpenLink event is fired. This lets you modify the command or cancel the execution.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

xaf-how-to-show-a-hyper-link-url-email-etc-for-a-business-class-property/CS/HyperLinkPropertyEditor.Win/GridListEditorOpenHyperLinkViewController.cs#L33

    HyperLinkEdit editor = (HyperLinkEdit)repositoryItemHyperLinkEdit.CreateEditor();
    editor.ShowBrowser(WinHyperLinkStringPropertyEditor.GetResolvedUrl(gv.GetRowCellValue(hi.RowHandle, hi.Column)));
}

VB.NET

xaf-how-to-show-a-hyper-link-url-email-etc-for-a-business-class-property/VB/HyperLinkPropertyEditor.Win/GridListEditorOpenHyperLinkViewController.vb#L35

    Dim editor As HyperLinkEdit = CType(repositoryItemHyperLinkEdit.CreateEditor(), HyperLinkEdit)
    editor.ShowBrowser(WinHyperLinkStringPropertyEditor.GetResolvedUrl(gv.GetRowCellValue(hi.RowHandle, hi.Column)))
End If