WPF webbrowser NavigateToString does not show links in the string content ?

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Hi All,

I am writing a small WPF application where I have used a web browser control.

I am getting some paragraph from db and putting the paragraph in the broser control by using webbrowser.NavigateTostring() method.

The problem is, in case the paragraph contains any URL, the web browser controls has to show that URL as a hyperlink.

Eg: Am navigating a paragraph as below.

WebBrowser.NavigateToString("I am regularly updating through http://www.codeproject.com. And It is very useful.");

Actual Result Is :

I am regularly updating through http://www.codeproject.com. And It is very useful.

Expected Result :

I am regularly updating through http://www.codeproject.com. And It is very useful.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks in Advance.
Mydeen

Posted 19-May-11 19:55pm

PeerMohamedMydeen

Updated 19-May-11 19:56pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2011-05-19T20:16:00

Of course! There is no anchor ("a" element) which should show this is URL. Web browser does not read your mind. It does not try to guess where is the URL. More than that, your text is not HTML.

White valid HTML with valid anchor element to get the anchor you can click on and navigate.
Hope you will find HTML standard by yourself…

See:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.webbrowser.navigatetostring.aspx[^], pay attention to this line "If the text parameter is not in valid HTML format, it will be displayed as plain text.".

—SA