Password Textbox - Easy [Resolved]

**RobDog888** · Mar 15th, 2005, 02:09 PM

I am just starting out with ASP.NET and I wanted to know what the difference is between
the Web Forms controls and the HTML controls (besides the Form part of it)? I am making a very simple login page
and I wanted a password textbox and I see this is only available when using an HTML textbox?

**Wokawidget** · Mar 15th, 2005, 02:40 PM

HTML Controls can not have server side events, and therefore you cannot write VB code behind say a click event.
Here is the code for 2 buttons. One a server side control, the other a HTML one.

Code:

<body>
   <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
      <asp:Button id="btnServer" runat="server" Text="Button"></asp:Button>/asp:Button>
      <INPUT type="button" value="Button">
   </form>
</body>

So, with btnServer, the ASP.NET web control, you can do:

Code:

Private Sub btnServer_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnServer.Click
   'code here
End Sub

Does that help?

I am not that good at web, but I am sure you can put javascript code for a HTML button.

Woka

**RobDog888** · Mar 15th, 2005, 02:59 PM

Umm, ok. With the thml button it submits and the form button is clicks. Which is the better of the two to use?

**Wokawidget** · Mar 15th, 2005, 03:12 PM

Well, since you are writting a .NET app, I would use .NET controls

I write tables and stuff manually, in fact I write everything manually.
When writting tags etc you have intellisence. I canm't spell.
I only use the designer to drop in WebControls I have written.
To make the control a web control add the runat="Server" tag to it, that's if it supports it. Not all controls can have events etc.

Writting an example login page for you.

Woka

**RobDog888** · Mar 15th, 2005, 09:29 PM

Thanks Woka!

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