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PasswordBox.Password Property

.NET Framework 4.5

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Gets or sets the password currently held by the PasswordBox.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

Syntax

C++

public string Password { get; set; }

XAML Attribute Usage

<object Password="string" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the password currently held by the PasswordBox.
The default value is Empty.

Remarks

When you get the Password property value, you expose the password as plain text in memory. To avoid this potential security risk, use the SecurePassword property to get the password as a SecureString.

Setting this property to null causes the underlying password to be set to Empty.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the Password property programmatically.


PasswordBox pwdBox = new PasswordBox();
pwdBox.Password = "Open Sesame!";

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, 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

PasswordBox Class

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

SecurePassword

SecureString

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