Wierd: Can't get .text value of textbox

[VB Programmer]

I have a textbox on my webform. I can set it, like txt1.text = "hi", but if
I change the text and click a button to display the current value it RETAINS
the old value. Any ideas?

Any ideas?

[Frank Mamone]

If you set the value of the Textbox programmatically, then when the Page
Loads it sets it to that value. When you submit it will keep doing it unless
you include some code to tell it to do it on initial load like this:

private Page_Load
{

if(!IsPostBack)
{
txt1.Text = "Hi";

}

}

Not sure of syntax for VB:)
The IsPostBack property of the Page class detects when the request is a
postback. That is it has been submitted after initial load.
Hope this helps,

Frank

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I have a textbox on my webform. I can set it, like txt1.text = "hi", but if I change the text and click a button to display the current value it RETAINS the old value. Any ideas?

Any ideas?

[Brian Barnes]

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I have a textbox on my webform. I can set it, like txt1.text = "hi", but
if
I change the text and click a button to display the current value it
RETAINS
the old value. Any ideas?

Any ideas?

Before you initailise the page, are you checking to see if the page has been
posted back (ie page.ispostback)? Otherwise you are writing the old value
into the textbox when you intialise the page.

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[VB Programmer]

You both are correct! Duh.

Thanks so much guys.

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I have a textbox on my webform. I can set it, like txt1.text = "hi", but
if
I change the text and click a button to display the current value it
RETAINS
the old value. Any ideas?

Any ideas? Before you initailise the page, are you checking to see if the page has

been posted back (ie page.ispostback)? Otherwise you are writing the old value
into the textbox when you intialise the page.

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