Getting the text of a GridView HyperLink Bound Field

It's quite common to do some extra processing of data during a GridView's Row_DataBound event. You can normally capture the value of the GridView cell like this, which would capture the value of the 3rd column in the grid (row count is 0 based). 

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then

    Dim Value as String = CType(e.row.cells(2).Text, String)

    'some manipulation of cell data, such as formatting, etc.

    e.row.cells(2).Text = NewValue

End If

This works well if the field is configured as a BoundField: 

<asp:BoundField DataField="DataBaseFieldValue" HeaderText="Field Name" />

But if the field is configured like this, as a HyperLink field, then you must get to its value differently:

<asp:HyperLinkField DataTextField="Symbol" HeaderText="Symbol" DataNavigateUrlFields="StockID"  DataNavigateUrlFormatString="EditStock.aspx?id={0}&ref=pp" SortExpression="s.symbol" />

This assumes that the field you're looking for is the first column of the GridView control. 

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then

    Dim HyperLinkText as String = DirectCast(e.Row.Cells(0).Controls(0), HyperLink).Text

    Dim HypLinkURL as string = DirectCast(e.Row.Cells(0).Controls(0), HyperLink).NavigateUrl

    'Do something with the values

End If