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Using C#, how can I read the content of dynamic created textboxes?

Hy,

I have created some dynamic textboxes with standard content.

Does anyone know how can I read the content of these textboxes (assuming that user modified the standard content) when I press one button?

Thanks a lot.

Jeff

Update

This is how I am creating the textboxes: 

foreach (string name in listOfNames)
{
   TextBox tb = new TextBox();
   tb.Text = name;
   tb.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None;
   tb.BorderWidth = 0;
   tb.Font.Name = "Arial";
   tb.Font.Size = 8;
}
Solution

  • The specific will vary depending on the technology you are using. However the concept would remain very similar, though for ASP.NET it will be a little more interesting.

    WinForms/WPF/Silverlight

    Maintain a list of the dynamically created textboxes and when the button is pressed you can run through the list of textboxes and read the Text property to get the user input.

    ASP.NET - After the tag update it seems this section is most appropriate to your requirement.

    For ASP.NET you will need to create the textboxes in an override of the OnInit method, this should happen on each postback. Then in the Button.Click event you can read the user input from the textboxes that you created in the OnInit function. You need to ensure that the controls are created with the same ID on each post back.