I've found that you can use the + instead of the & for concatenation in your HTML. Then the VS IDE doesn't change it to &.
Walt Ritscher -----Original Message----- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Anderson Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] <asp:hyperlink> and databinding funkiness You can try NavigateUrl='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Uri") & "\" & DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, FileName") %>' But then you sometimes get problems with the ampersands being converted to & !! Merak > -----Original Message----- > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of Deepak Rao > Sent: 12 April 2002 00:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: <asp:hyperlink> and databinding funkiness > > > I am not able to do this > > <asp:hyperlink runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# > DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Uri") %>\<%# > DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "FileName")' Text='Uri' /> > > I get a compile error about preprocessor directives. Does anybody know > how I can concatenate two databound values in the NavigateUrl property > of a HyperLink control? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks > > Deepak > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from > DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at > http://discuss.develop.com. > > --- > Incoming mail is certified > Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.345 / Virus Database: 193 - Release Date: 09/04/2002 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.345 / Virus Database: 193 - Release Date: 09/04/2002 You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.