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TextBox Constructor

.NET Framework 4.5

Initializes a new instance of the TextBox class.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

'Declaration
Public Sub New

Remarks

Use this constructor to create and initialize a new instance of the TextBox class.

The following table shows the initial property value for an instance of TextBox.

Property	Initial value
TagKey	HtmlTextWriterTag.Input

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the TextBox constructor to dynamically add a TextBox control to the page.

Security Note
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.

<%@ 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 Constructor Example </title>
<script runat="server">

      Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

         ' Create UserTextBox TextBox control.
         Dim UserTextBox As New TextBox()

         ' Configure the UserTextBox TextBox control.
         UserTextBox.ID = "UserTextBox"
         UserTextBox.Columns = 50


         ' Add UserTextBox TextBox control to the Controls collection 
         ' of the TextBoxControlPlaceHolder PlaceHolder control.
         TextBoxControlPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(UserTextBox)

      End Sub

      Protected Sub Submit_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

         ' Retrieve the UserTextBox TextBox control from the TextBoxControlPlaceHolder
         ' PlaceHolder control.
         Dim TempTextBox As TextBox = CType(TextBoxControlPlaceHolder.FindControl("UserTextBox"), TextBox)

         ' Display the Text property.
         Message.Text = "The TextBox control above is dynamically generated. <br /> You entered: " & _ 
                        TempTextBox.Text

      End Sub

   </script>

</head>

<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3> TextBox Constructor Example </h3>

      Enter some text and click the Submit button. <br /><br />

      <asp:PlaceHolder ID="TextBoxControlPlaceHolder"
           runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Button ID="SubmitButton"
           Text="Submit"
           OnClick="Submit_Click"
           runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Label ID="Message"
           runat="server"/>


   </form>

</body>
</html>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

TextBox Class

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace

TagKey

Other Resources

TextBox Web Server Control Overview

Script Exploits Overview

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