Setting the value of a password textbox at runtime

Hi all, I thought that this would be very basic. Basically, I have a textbox
set at type password. When I try to set the value of this textbox at runtime
the text field does not get populated.
I thought I could just go
=========
txtPassword.Text = "MyPassword"
=========
If I do this, nothing appears in the textbox at all.
Any help appreciated, thanks in advance
Mark"John" <JD@.noSpam.com> wrote in message news:c5g475$s7p$1@.lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Hi all, I thought that this would be very basic. Basically, I have a
textbox
> set at type password. When I try to set the value of this textbox at
runtime
> the text field does not get populated.
> I thought I could just go
> =========
> txtPassword.Text = "MyPassword"
> =========
> If I do this, nothing appears in the textbox at all.
> Any help appreciated, thanks in advance
> Mark
This is normal behavior.
If a password would be set before the page is sent to the user,
anyone looking at the HTML source of the page would be able to
read the password.
Jos
Sending the password in plain text to the browser is a bad idea from a
security standpoint so the default security settings discourage it.
(Anybody can do a view source for the page
and see the password)
However there is a workaround if you're determined. You can set the
password text via client side script.
Here's the simplest example I've seen:
MyPWTextBox.Attributes.Add("value", strPassword)
This server side code outputs the needed client side code
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com
"John" <JD@.noSpam.com> wrote in message news:c5g475$s7p$1@.lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Hi all, I thought that this would be very basic. Basically, I have a
textbox
> set at type password. When I try to set the value of this textbox at
runtime
> the text field does not get populated.
> I thought I could just go
> =========
> txtPassword.Text = "MyPassword"
> =========
> If I do this, nothing appears in the textbox at all.
> Any help appreciated, thanks in advance
> Mark
>