HTML_LINK Function
Sets up hypertext links to Uniform Resource Locations (URLs).
Usage
link_text = HTML_LINK(url, text)
Input Parameters
url—A string or string array specifying the URL of the hypertext link.
text—A string or string array specifying the text displayed for the link.
note | The two input parameters, url and text, must have the same number of elements. |
Keywords
Safe—Handles HTML special characters (see HTML_SAFE).
Returned Value
link_text—A string or a string array of HTML hypertext links to URLs.
Discussion
The HTML_LINK function creates hypertext links that most HTML browsers commonly identify using an underline and/or a specific text color.
note | To make an image that activates a hypertext link, use the HTML_IMAGE function as the “text” in HTML_LINK as follows: link = HTML_LINK(url, HTML_IMAGE('imagefile.gif') |
Example
This example creates a link to the Perforce home page.
HTML_OPEN
HTML_HEADING, 'A Hypertext Link from HTML_LINK', $
Level = 2, /Center
HTML_BLOCK, HTML_LINK('http://www.perforce.com', $ 'Perforce Home Page')
HTML_CLOSE
See Also
Refer to HTML URLs and hyperlinks, see HTML Sourcebook, Second Edition, by Ian S. Graham, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996, New York.
