asp.net 4 trying to create a hyperlink in code behind

[DougP]

this does nothing, althought in debug it goes line by line but there is no hyperlink anywhere that I can see. I want to create hyperlinks dynamically based on users.
What am I doing wrong?

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim UserRights As String = "Resource"

        If UserRights = "Resource" Then

            Dim hyp = New HyperLink()
            hyp.ID = "AddTime"
            hyp.NavigateUrl = "~/mypage.aspx"
            Page.Controls.Add(hyp)
        End If
    End Sub

DougP

 

[jbenson001]

You need to set the "Text" property to something.
The hyperlink is being created and rendered to the page. You are not seeing it because it is rendering this:
<a id="AddTime" href="mypage.aspx"></a>