CMFCLinkCtrl Class

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11/16/2012

The CMFCLinkCtrl class displays a button as a hyperlink and invokes the link's target when the button is clicked.

class CMFCLinkCtrl : public CMFCButton

Members

Public Methods

Name	Description
CMFCLinkCtrl::SetURL	Displays a specified URL as the button text.
CMFCLinkCtrl::SetURLPrefix	Sets the implicit protocol (for example, "http:") of the URL.
CMFCLinkCtrl::SizeToContent	Resizes the button to contain the button text or bitmap.

Protected Methods

Name	Description
CMFCLinkCtrl::OnDrawFocusRect	Called by the framework before the focus rectangle of the button is drawn.

Remarks

When you click a button that is derived from the CMFCLinkCtrl class, the framework passes the URL of the button as a parameter to the ShellExecute method. Then the ShellExecute method opens the target of the URL.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to set the size of a CMFCLinkCtrl object, and how to set a url and a tooltip in a CMFCLinkCtrl object. This example is part of the NewControls Sample: MFC Controls Demonstration Application.

 CMFCLinkCtrl m_btnLink;


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    m_btnLink.SetURL(_T("https://www.microsoft.com"));
    m_btnLink.SetTooltip(_T("Visit Microsoft site"));
    // resize the button to contain the button text or bitmap
    m_btnLink.SizeToContent();