<xmod:NavigateUrl>

<xmod:NavigateUrl> calls DNN's NavigateUrl() API and writes the resulting URL into the rendered output. Going through DNN means the result honors the site's friendly-URL provider, language, and URL rewriting rules — typing the URL by hand wouldn't.

Most commonly, you'll embed the tag inside an HTML attribute (e.g. href) to produce a link to a specific page with parameters.

Example

Render a friendly URL to page 237 with an eid parameter pulled from the current row:

<xmod:Template Id="Employees">
  <ListDataSource CommandText="SELECT * FROM Employees" />
  <ItemTemplate>
    [[FirstName]] [[LastName]]<br />
    <a href="<xmod:NavigateUrl TabId='237'><Parameter Name='eid' Value='[[Id]]' /></xmod:NavigateUrl>">View Work History</a>
  </ItemTemplate>
</xmod:Template>

When DNN's friendly-URL provider is in use, the rendered URL looks like /work-history/eid/42 rather than /Default.aspx?TabId=237&eid=42.

Properties

Property	Values	Default	Description
TabId	integer	(current page)	The DNN page (tab) ID to link to. When omitted, the URL points to the current page
ControlKey	string		Optional control key — useful when linking to a specific module action page

Child Tags

Tag	Required	Description
<Parameter>	optional	One URL parameter. Add as many as needed

<Parameter>

Each <Parameter> adds one query-string-style parameter to the generated URL. Values are URL-encoded automatically. All values are passed as text (no DataType).

Attribute	Values	Default	Description
Name *	string		Parameter name
Value	string | token		Parameter value

Property Details

• TabId: The DNN-assigned page ID. "Tab" is the legacy DNN term for what users now call a page. To find a page's TabId, hover the page in DNN's page management UI or look at its URL when editing. Omit this property to generate a URL for the current page.

• ControlKey: Used to load a specific module action — for example, Edit to open a module's edit screen. Rarely needed in template markup. Requires TabId to be set.