c sharp textbox problem

[kinannawaz]

i am not able to store the value retrived from the textbox to string type variable
the code is

it runs but show me nothing.....

public string getFirstname_textBox()
{
string txt = Firstname_textBox.Text.ToString();
MessageBox.Show(txt);
return txt;
}

HOW CAN I WRITE GET AND SET METHOD FOR A TEXTBOX?
eg

public string Firstname_textBox
{
get{return Firstname_textBox.Text.ToString();}
set{Firstname_textBox.Text=value;}
}

i have done it but doesnot return the string

HELP?

[Plater]

The .Text property is already a string, using .ToString() is not needed.
Did you make sure to put something IN your textbox, before calling that function?