Problems Setting the TextBox.Text Property

[Tom Dacon]

Exactly what problems are you having?

Tom Dacon
Dacon Software Consulting

 

[David Kyle]

Hello there,
I'm having some problems setting the TextBox.Text Property in my code and
having it returned to the client in the source when the
TextBox.TextMode="Password".

I know this is generally not a good idea to fill it with the actual password
but I would like to put '*'s in it as place holders just so it looks like
the password is actually typed out in there.

Thanks,

David Kyle
www.chloemag.com

 

[David Kyle]

lol, can't believe I didnt' actually say what the problem was. Absent
minded after 3 days 16 hours a day programing i guess.

anyways, basically the problem is when I assign a value to the TextBox.Text
property it doesn't send that information back to the client in the source.

eg.
OnPageLoad() {
txtPassword.Text = "123456";
}

<asp:textbox id="txtPassword" textmode="Password" runat="server" />

returned source:
<input name="txtPassword" type="password" id="txtPassword" />

There's no value="123456" in the input tag that is sent to the client.

I think this explains it.

thanks for any help.

Dave

 

[Michael]

PasswordField.Attributes.Add("value", "secret")

Here's a link..

http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/18887

 

[David Kyle]

Thanks Michael! it works great now!

PasswordField.Attributes.Add("value", "secret")

Here's a link..

http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/18887