validating user form input with vs.net/vb.net front end and backend

[darrel]

I'm working on a contact form for our site.

In the past (pre-asp.net), I'd make a form and validate it on the front end
with javascript and then on the backend.

With ASP.net, can I do this within vs.net easily using the built in
controls, or should I just use HTML form elements and do it the old
fashioned way (namely via dreamweaver).

To ask it in another way, what is the advantage of using an <asp:textbox>
vs. <input type="text">?

-Darrel

[darrel]

> To ask it in another way, what is the advantage of using an <asp:textbox>

vs. <input type="text">?

Well, I think I've figured it out with the validation controls (didn't see
those at first!) Those are nice!

-Darrel