Getting Text property in codebehind from ASP.NET TextBox with TextMode = Password

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I have a <asp:TextBox with TextMode="Password". How can I read the value that the user entered, using the codebehind?

I want to create a new user with code like this, but PasswordTextBox.Text is always an empty string.

Membership.CreateUser(Username, PasswordTextBox.Text)

there has to be more to this. post more code, anything with a reference to PasswordTextBox. — lincolnk
– lincolnk, Commented Oct 26, 2010 at 21:58
Total guess here, but do you have a Page_Load event handler where you do PasswordTextBox.Text=""? If so, you should only do that when Page.IsPostBack is False (namely, on the first visit to the page and NOT on subsequent postbacks). — Scott Mitchell
– Scott Mitchell, Commented Oct 26, 2010 at 21:59
No, I wasn't setting the value anywhere else, but it was on a former WizardStep, and its .Text property didn't carry over to the subsequent steps. — ChessWhiz
– ChessWhiz, Commented Oct 26, 2010 at 22:32
Well, now I feel silly. Should have done a bit more testing before I posted my question. Thanks for your help. — ChessWhiz
– ChessWhiz, Commented Oct 26, 2010 at 22:32

egrunin · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-26 21:57:54Z

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That's correct. You're probably setting PasswordTextBox.Text = '' in the Page_Load(). Don't do that if IsPostback() is true:

if not IsPostback() then
    PasswordTextBox.Text = ''
end if

answered Oct 26, 2010 at 21:57

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lincolnk · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-26 21:57:28Z

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there has to be something else going on. I have no problems getting the value in TextBox.Text.

answered Oct 26, 2010 at 21:57

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David · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-26 21:57:05Z

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There's nothing special about reading a password text box. I'm guessing the problem is somewhere else in your code. Do you happen to overwrite the values in the Page_Load()?

answered Oct 26, 2010 at 21:57

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