ASP.NET.in.a.Nutshell.Second.Edition [Electronic resources]

This class represents a control that appears like a HyperLink control, but fires a Click and Command event like a Button control would. A good use of this control is to provide a hyperlink that navigates to another web page but allows you to perform some programmatic cleanup (for example, clearing session variables) before you redirect the user.

Like all button controls, the LinkButton class provides a CausesValidation property you can set to prevent page validation from occurring when the control is clicked. It also provides the standard CommandName and CommandArgument properties that allow you to specify additional information that will be sent to a Command event.

public class 
LinkButton  : WebControl, System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler {
// Public Constructors
public 
LinkButton ( );
// Public Instance Properties
public bool 
CausesValidation {set; get; }
public string 
CommandArgument {set; get; }
public string 
CommandName {set; get; }
public virtual string 
Text {set; get; }
// Protected Instance Methods
protected override void 
AddAttributesToRender (                // overrides WebControl
System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter 
writer );
protected override void 
AddParsedSubObject (object 
obj );      // overrides System.Web.UI.Control
protected override void 
LoadViewState (object 
savedState );    // overrides WebControl
protected virtual void 
OnClick (EventArgs 
e );
protected virtual void 
OnCommand (CommandEventArgs 
e );
protected override void 
OnPreRender (EventArgs 
e );            // overrides System.Web.UI.Control
protected override void 
RenderContents (System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter 
writer ); // overrides WebControl
// Events
public event EventHandler 
Click ;
public event CommandEventHandler 
Command ;
}

Hierarchy

System.Object System.Web.UI.Control(System.ComponentModel.IComponent, System.IDisposable, System.Web.UI.IParserAccessor, System.Web.UI.IDataBindingsAccessor) WebControl(System.Web.UI.IAttributeAccessor) LinkButton(System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler)