Setting the text of a password box

[Ian Walsh]

I have a user details form with a textbox for a password on it
(textmode=password). I want to be able to set the text in the textbox
when retrieving user details. I will be filling the box with a dummy
value such as '*****'. When I set the .text property and the form is
run it returns as an empty value.

Is there any way around this.

Thanks.

[John Saunders]

"Ian Walsh" <ia******@hbosplc.com> wrote in message
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I have a user details form with a textbox for a password on it
(textmode=password). I want to be able to set the text in the textbox
when retrieving user details. I will be filling the box with a dummy
value such as '*****'. When I set the .text property and the form is
run it returns as an empty value.

No. This is prohibited for security reasons.
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John Saunders
Internet Engineer
jo***********@surfcontrol.com

[Ivan Demkovitch]

Does it mean that I can do "View Source" and read password?

"Steve C. Orr, MCSD" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
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John is right that this is prohibited because of security reasons.
However there is a workaround. You must set the password text via client
side script.
Here's the simplest example I've seen:

MyPWTextBox.Attributes.Add("value", "PassWord")

This server side code outputs the needed client side code

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com

"Ian Walsh" <ia******@hbosplc.com> wrote in message
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I have a user details form with a textbox for a password on it
(textmode=password). I want to be able to set the text in the textbox
when retrieving user details. I will be filling the box with a dummy
value such as '*****'. When I set the .text property and the form is
run it returns as an empty value.

Is there any way around this.

Thanks.

[Kevin Spencer]

Yup. If it's populated in the browser, and the HTML is plain text, well...

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
The more I learn, the less I know.

"Ivan Demkovitch" <i@d> wrote in message
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Does it mean that I can do "View Source" and read password?

"Steve C. Orr, MCSD" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
news:ey**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

John is right that this is prohibited because of security reasons.
However there is a workaround. You must set the password text via client side script.
Here's the simplest example I've seen:

MyPWTextBox.Attributes.Add("value", "PassWord")

This server side code outputs the needed client side code

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com

"Ian Walsh" <ia******@hbosplc.com> wrote in message
news:65**************************@posting.google.c om...

I have a user details form with a textbox for a password on it
(textmode=password). I want to be able to set the text in the textbox
when retrieving user details. I will be filling the box with a dummy
value such as '*****'. When I set the .text property and the form is
run it returns as an empty value.

Is there any way around this.

Thanks.

[Steve C. Orr, MCSD]

Yes it does. That's why you've had this problem in the first place because
this kind of thing is a bad idea from a security standpoint so the default
security settings discourage it.

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com

"Ivan Demkovitch" <i@d> wrote in message
news:Og**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Does it mean that I can do "View Source" and read password?

"Steve C. Orr, MCSD" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
news:ey**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

John is right that this is prohibited because of security reasons.
However there is a workaround. You must set the password text via client side script.
Here's the simplest example I've seen:

MyPWTextBox.Attributes.Add("value", "PassWord")

This server side code outputs the needed client side code

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com

"Ian Walsh" <ia******@hbosplc.com> wrote in message
news:65**************************@posting.google.c om...

I have a user details form with a textbox for a password on it
(textmode=password). I want to be able to set the text in the textbox
when retrieving user details. I will be filling the box with a dummy
value such as '*****'. When I set the .text property and the form is
run it returns as an empty value.

Is there any way around this.

Thanks.