ChangePassword.CurrentPassword Property

Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Gets the current password for the user.

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

'Declaration
<ThemeableAttribute(False)> _
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property CurrentPassword As String
'Usage
Dim instance As ChangePassword
Dim value As String

value = instance.CurrentPassword

/** @property */
public String get_CurrentPassword ()

public function get CurrentPassword () : String

Property Value

The current password entered by the user.

The CurrentPassword property contains the current password entered by the user.

Security noteSecurity Note

Transmitting passwords over HTTP is a potential security threat. HTTP transmissions can be viewed or compromised by malicious users. To improve security when using login controls, you should use HTTPS protocol with secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption to ensure that the user's password cannot be read during postback. For more information, see Securing Login Controls.

This property cannot be set by themes or style sheet themes. For more information, see ThemeableAttribute and ASP.NET Themes and Skins Overview.

The following code example shows how to use an ASP.NET page that uses a ChangePassword control, and includes a handler for the ChangingPassword event named ChangingPassword. The code in the ChangingPassword handler compares the old password stored in the CurrentPassword property to the new password stored in NewPassword. If the two passwords are the same, changing the password fails.

The ChangePassword control sets the DisplayUserName property to true to enable users to enter their user name. This means that the user does not have to log on to view the page.

The code example assumes that the ASP.NET Web site has been configured to use ASP.NET membership and Forms authentication, and that a user has been created whose name and password are known to you. For more information, see How to: Implement Simple Forms Authentication.

<%@ 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">

<script runat="server">

  Public Sub PageLoad(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    'Manually register the event-handling methods.
    AddHandler ChangePassword1.ChangingPassword, AddressOf Me._ChangingPassword
  End Sub

  Public Sub _ChangingPassword(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As LoginCancelEventArgs)
    If (ChangePassword1.CurrentPassword.ToString() = ChangePassword1.NewPassword.ToString) Then
      Message1.Visible = True
      Message1.Text = "Old password and new password must be different.  Please try again."
      e.Cancel = True
    Else
      'This line prevents the error showing up after a first failed attempt.
      Message1.Visible = False
    End If
  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
  <title>ChangePassword including a ChangingPassword event handler</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="form1" runat="server">
  <div align="center">

    <h1>ChangePassword</h1>
    
    <asp:LoginView ID="LoginView1" Runat="server" 
      Visible="true">
      <LoggedInTemplate>
        <asp:LoginName ID="LoginName1" Runat="server" FormatString="You are logged in as {0}." />
        <BR />
      </LoggedInTemplate>
      <AnonymousTemplate>
        You are not logged in
      </AnonymousTemplate>
    </asp:LoginView><br />
    
    <asp:ChangePassword ID="ChangePassword1" Runat="server"
      BorderStyle="Solid" 
      BorderWidth="1" 
      CancelDestinationPageUrl="~/Default.aspx" 
      DisplayUserName="true" 
      OnChangingPassword="_ChangingPassword"
      ContinueDestinationPageUrl="~/Default.aspx" >
    </asp:ChangePassword><br />
  
    <asp:Label ID="Message1" Runat="server" ForeColor="Red" /><br />

    <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" Runat="server" 
      NavigateUrl="~/Default.aspx">
      Home
    </asp:HyperLink>
    
  </div>
  </form>
</body>
</html>

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0

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