ActiveX: HyperLink (Filename: SLHYPER.OCX)
| With the HyperLink
ActiveX control you can insert hyperlinks on a form or dialog box. When a user moves a mouse pointer over the hyperlink the mouse pointer changes to a hand pointer and if the user clicks it, a browser is invoked and a specified Internet page is opened. The HyperLink control can also be used to open mail clients. You can also specify a rollover color for the hyperlink, that means the hyperlink text will change color when the mouse pointer is above. |
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
| AutoSize | Boolean | Determines whether a control is automatically resized to display its entire contents. |
| BackColor | Color | Returns or sets the background color of
the control. |
| Font | Font | Returns or sets the font of the
control. |
| HooverColor | Color | Returns or sets the rollover/hoover color
of the control. The hoover color is shown when the mouse pointer is above
the hyperlink. |
| HyperLink | String | Returns or sets the URL of the
hyperlink. Can be a
web address or an e-mail address. If you specify an e-mail address you
must precede the URL with the text "mailto:", for example
"mailto:info@samlogic.com". If a user clicks on the
hyperlink and you have specified an e-mail address the default mail client
application will be started and the field "To:" in the
mail client will be automatically filled with the specified mail address. |
| NormalColor | Color | Returns or sets the text color of
the hyperlink. |
| Text | String | Returns or sets the hyperlink
text. |
| ToolTipText | String | Returns or sets the tool tip for
the control. The tool tip is showed when the mouse pointer is above the
hyperlink. If you not want to use a tool tip text you can leave this
property empty. |
| Left, Top | Integer | Returns or sets the coordinates
of the control. |
| Height, Width | Integer | Returns or sets the height and
width of the control. |
| Visible | Boolean | Returns or sets a value indicating whether an object is visible or hidden. |
Events
| Name | Description |
| ErrorOccured | Occurrs if there is an error when
the user clicks the hyperlink. The parameter ErrNumber
contains an error number. |
| HyperLinkClicked | Occurrs when the user clicks the
hyperlink. |
Example
HyperLink1.Text = "SamLogic Homepage"
HyperLink1.ToolTipText = "Don't forget to visit our homepage!"
HyperLink1.Hyperlink = "www.samlogic.net"
HyperLink1.AutoSize = True
