Linkbutton vs Hyperlink Control

[marlin]

I have a datalist that has 3 columns. The user will click on the first column of a record and my application is supposed to pop-up a window that will display comments for that record.

Should I use Linkbutton or Hyperlink control for the first column? How can I have a window pop-up with a predefined size?

Any help is greatly apprecitated.

 

[Robby]

The linkButton has server events and the hyperlink does not. You need to use Javascript for the popup window eitherway so it will be done on the client.

The way to do it is add an OnClick to the control (hyperlink) to use window.open('myPage.aspx')

Some JS samples http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_placenewwindow
and
http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_examples.asp

 

[marlin]

Thank you

Thank you so much Robby. I really appreciate your help.

The linkButton has server events and the hyperlink does not. You need to use Javascript for the popup window eitherway so it will be done on the client.

The way to do it is add an OnClick to the control (hyperlink) to use window.open('myPage.aspx')

Some JS samples http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_placenewwindow
and
http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_examples.asp