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Kyle Williamson
Kyle Williamson

Reputation: 2184

Adding a non-button hyperlink to MFC application

I am trying to add a hyperlink that will direct a user of the application to a website. I see that MFC has a built in "MFC Link Control". In the dialog-editor. My hyperlinks look to work correctly. enter image description here

When I debug my program, the links instead turn into buttons. enter image description here

Is there a way to add non-button hyperlinks? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4983

Answers (2)

thomiel
thomiel

Reputation: 2937

CButton is the natural base class of CMFCLinkCtrl. If it misses certain key properies, CMFCLinkCtrl will revert back to a CButton. My bet is on the URL. Try this:

CMFCLinkCtrl m_btnLink; // <-- associate with your control!
...
BOOL CTestDlg::OnInitDialog() 
{
    ...
    m_btnLink.SetURL(_T("http://www.example.com"));
    m_btnLink.SetTooltip(_T("Link to my site"));
    m_btnLink.SizeToContent();
    ...
}

Upvotes: 2

Mirjalal
Mirjalal

Reputation: 1352

Drag SysLink from Toolbox to your dialog box. Double click it and add this line to void function:

ShellExecute(
    NULL, // or your can use GetSafeHwnd()
    L"open", 
    L"http://stackoverflow.com/a/29181060/4057688", 
    NULL, 
    NULL, 
    SW_SHOWNORMAL
    );

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Hope to be useful.

Upvotes: 2

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