TextBox.Text Property
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
'Declaration <LocalizableAttribute(True)> _ <BindableAttribute(True, BindingDirection.TwoWay)> _ Public Overridable Property Text As String 'Usage Dim instance As TextBox Dim value As String value = instance.Text instance.Text = value
/** @property */ public String get_Text () /** @property */ public void set_Text (String value)
public function get Text () : String public function set Text (value : String)
Not applicable.
Property Value
The text displayed in the TextBox control. The default is an empty string ("").Use the Text property to specify or determine the text displayed in the TextBox control. To limit the number of characters accepted by the control, set the MaxLength property. If you want to prevent the text from being modified, set the ReadOnly property.
The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and ASP.NET Globalization and Localization.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the Text property to specify the text displayed in the TextBox control.
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| This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview (Visual Studio). |
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title> TextBox Example </title> <script runat="server"> Protected Sub AddButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim Answer As Integer Answer = Convert.ToInt32(Value1.Text) + Convert.ToInt32(Value2.Text) AnswerMessage.Text = Answer.ToString() End Sub </script> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <h3> TextBox Example </h3> <table> <tr> <td colspan="5"> Enter integer values into the text boxes. <br /> Click the Add button to add the two values. <br /> Click the Reset button to reset the text boxes. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"> </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td> <asp:TextBox ID="Value1" Columns="2" MaxLength="3" Text="1" runat="server"/> </td> <td> + </td> <td> <asp:TextBox ID="Value2" Columns="2" MaxLength="3" Text="1" runat="server"/> </td> <td> = </td> <td> <asp:Label ID="AnswerMessage" runat="server"/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="Value1RequiredValidator" ControlToValidate="Value1" ErrorMessage="Please enter a value.<br />" Display="Dynamic" runat="server"/> <asp:RangeValidator ID="Value1RangeValidator" ControlToValidate="Value1" Type="Integer" MinimumValue="1" MaximumValue="100" ErrorMessage="Please enter an integer <br /> between than 1 and 100.<br />" Display="Dynamic" runat="server"/> </td> <td colspan="2"> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="Value2RequiredValidator" ControlToValidate="Value2" ErrorMessage="Please enter a value.<br />" Display="Dynamic" runat="server"/> <asp:RangeValidator ID="Value2RangeValidator" ControlToValidate="Value2" Type="Integer" MinimumValue="1" MaximumValue="100" ErrorMessage="Please enter an integer <br /> between than 1 and 100.<br />" Display="Dynamic" runat="server"/> </td> <td>   </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="4"> <asp:Button ID="AddButton" Text="Add" OnClick="AddButton_Click" runat="server"/> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </form> </body> </html>
