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HiddenField.Value Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the value of the hidden field.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ Value { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public virtual string Value { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.Value : string with get, set
Public Overridable Property Value As String

Property Value

String

The value of the hidden field. The default is an empty string ("").

Attributes
BindableAttribute

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Value property to specify the value of the HiddenField control.

Important

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="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
 
  void ValueHiddenField_ValueChanged (Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    
    // Display the value of the HiddenField control.
    Message.Text = "The value of the HiddenField control is " + ValueHiddenField.Value + ".";
    
  }
  
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>HiddenField Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="Form1" runat="server">
        
            <h3>HiddenField Example</h3>

            Please enter a value and click the submit button.<br/>
            
            <asp:Textbox id="ValueTextBox"
              runat="server"/>
              
            <br/>  
              
            <input type="submit" name="SubmitButton"
             value="Submit"
             onclick="PageLoad()" />
             
            <br/>
            
            <asp:label id="Message" runat="server"/>    
            
            <asp:hiddenfield id="ValueHiddenField"
              onvaluechanged="ValueHiddenField_ValueChanged"
              value="" 
              runat="server"/>
            
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

<script type="text/javascript">

  <!--
  function PageLoad()
  {
  
    // Set the value of the HiddenField control with the
    // value from the TextBox.
    Form1.ValueHiddenField.value = Form1.ValueTextBox.value;
    
  }
  -->
  
</script>


<%@ Page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
 
  Sub ValueHiddenField_ValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    
    ' Display the value of the HiddenField control.
    Message.Text = "The value of the HiddenField control is " & ValueHiddenField.Value & "."
    
  End Sub
  
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>HiddenField Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="Form1" runat="server">
        
            <h3>HiddenField Example</h3>

            Please enter a value and click the submit button.<br/>
            
            <asp:textbox id="ValueTextBox"
              runat="server"/>
              
            <br/>  
              
            <input type="submit" name="SubmitButton"
             value="Submit"
             onclick="PageLoad()" />
             
            <br/>
            
            <asp:label id="Message" runat="server"/>    
            
            <asp:hiddenfield id="ValueHiddenField"
              onvaluechanged="ValueHiddenField_ValueChanged"
              value="" 
              runat="server"/>
            
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

<script type="text/javascript">

  <!--
  function PageLoad()
  {
  
    // Set the value of the HiddenField control with the
    // value from the TextBox.
    Form1.ValueHiddenField.value = Form1.ValueTextBox.value;
    
  }
  -->
  
</script>

Remarks

Use the Value property to specify or determine the value of the HiddenField control.

Applies to

See also