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Hyperlinks take you to a web page that opens in the default browser of the system. You can set hyperlinks in the Textbox, Image, Chart, and Map controls to access a Web page from your report.
Hyperlinks are displayed when you preview a Page or an RDLX report, export a report in HTML, PDF, RTF, and Excel formats.
Add Hyperlink to Textbox or Image
Let's set a hyperlink on the TextBox or Image controls to access a Web page from your a Page or an RDLX report.
- Drag and drop a Textbox or Image control to the design surface.
- With the control selected, under the Properties window, click the Property dialog link to open the control's dialog and go to the Navigation page.
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With the control selected, go to the Properties window and click the ellipses near the Action property to open the Navigation page in the dialog.
- On the Navigation page, select the Jump to URL radio button to enable the field below it.
- Type or use the expression editor to provide a valid Web page address. For example, https://developer.mescius.com/activereportsnet.
- Click OK to close the dialog.
- In the Properties window, enter text in the Value property of the respective control to set the display text for the Web page hyperlink. For example, 'Company'.
Add Hyperlink to Map Layer Elements
Map layer elements like point, polygon and line provides you with a functionality to set hyperlinks on them to access a Web page from your report.
- On the design surface, click the map until the map panes appear.
- In the layers pane, right-click the layer in use and select Edit.
- In the selected layer's dialog that appears, go to the Navigation page.
- On the Navigation page, select the Jump to URL radio button to enable the field below it.
- Type or use the expression editor to provide a valid Web page address. For example, https://developer.mescius.com/activereportsnet.
- Click OK to close the dialog.