I wanted to create a link to a file called "c:/some file.doc"
Consider the follwing lines

dim strlink as string = "c:/some file.doc" ' Some file is the name of the file
label1.text = "<a href = " & strlink & ">Click here</a>"
                 'where label1 is a Label

when I run this code the link gets created to c:/some

Using Hyperlinks is not something that can be done.

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Im not sure about using a label for this, there is a literal control or a hyperlink control which would be better suited.

However, in either case c:/ refers to your local disk, the user of a website does not have access to that directory.
You would need to store the page in a directory within the website and use the site address to locate link to hte file.


dim strlink as string = "http://www.yoursite.com/some file.doc"
or
dim strlink as string = "http://localhost/some file.doc"

' Some file is the name of the file
literal1.text = "<a href = " & strlink & ">Click here</a>"
                 'where literal1 is a literal control


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The c:/ was just an example .
Actually the file is located in a server.

I changed over to literal control but the problem remained.
Even in the reply by rodmcleay the two links are formed only till the white space character(i.e. till localhost/some ).

Please modify the code as:

dim strlink as string = "c:/some file.doc" ' Some file is the name of the file
label1.text = "<a href = """ & strlink & """>Click here</a>"


Om Prakash

As an alternate, you can also use SINGLE quotes.

Cheers!

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You may even be able to get away without any quotes if you use the %20 character for the space (I believe that's the right one).

Brian