Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 3.5 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit

Chapter 10. Using Text Boxes to Collect Input

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In this hour, we will cover

• Creating multiline text boxes

• Creating password text boxes

• Specifying the number of columns in a text box

• Indicating the maximum number of characters that can be entered into a text box

• Changing the look and feel of the text box by changing the font size, font name, and color of the text box

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In Hour 9, “Web Form Basics,” we examined how to collect user input through an ASP.NET page. In doing so we created a BMI Calculator that that prompts visitors for two pieces of information: their height and weight. Two TextBox Web controls were used to collect this information.

The TextBox Web control contains a number of properties that specify its appearance. ...