ASP.NET HyperLink & Mailto In Details View

First Try Out this below Hyperlink and watch Out Put :

< asp:HyperLink NavigateUrl="mailto:" Text=’< %# Bind(”Email”) % >‘ runat=”server” ID=”hlEmail”/ >

This leaves a hyperlink but with a blank mailto - i.e. test@techtoolblog.com


So I assume if I stick in the bind (or eval) text to the Navigate URL we should be good to go:

< asp:HyperLink NavigateUrl=’mailto:< %# Bind(”Email”) % >‘ Text=’< %# Bind(”Email”) % >‘ runat=”server” ID=”hlEmail”/ >


This gives me a link that is NOT clickable.

My next guess is that this has something to do with formatting string, sure enough it is: This is the solution that ended up working for me:


< asp:HyperLink NavigateUrl=’< %# Bind(”Email”, “mailto:{0}”) % >‘ Text=’< %# Bind(”Email”) % >‘ runat=”server” ID=”hlEmail”/ >