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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 Rogue Wave home page.
HTML_OPEN
HTML_HEADING, 'A Hypertext Link from HTML_LINK', $
   Level = 2, /Center
HTML_BLOCK, HTML_LINK('http://www.roguewave.com', $
   'Rogue Wave Home Page')
HTML_CLOSE
See Also
HTML_BLOCK, HTML_IMAGE, HTML_LIST, HTML_OPEN, HTML_SAFE
Refer to HTML URLs and hyperlinks, see HTML Sourcebook, Second Edition, by Ian S. Graham, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996, New York.

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