GridView - dynamically disable HyperLinkField

[WMXTeam]

I have a grid with the company name in the first column as a HyperLinkField. When the link is clicked, the user is taken to another page.

I need to disabled the link under if the user does not rights to update this companies information. I have the logic to check for the user rights. However, I am stumped as to how to disable the Hyperlink.

Any feedback and/or ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

[nicklieb]

one way is to disable the link or grid view row render, using the RowDataBound method, then search for the link and disable.

 

[WMXTeam]

I spend several hours trying to do this. However, the HyperLinkField column object does not have a enable / disable property. Any other suggestions?

 

[jbenson001]

You have to find the hyperlink control in the hyperlink column. Here is an example, you have to change the indexes to match your column indexes:

      If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
            Dim x As HyperLink
            [blue]x = e.Row.Cells(0).Controls(0)[/blue]
            x.NavigateUrl = "#"
            If e.Row.RowIndex = 1 Then
                x.Visible = False
            End If
        End If