Textbox interpreting html tags (like the label)

5 Apr 2005 4:51 AM

studen771

Thanks in advance to anyone whom can help :)

I'm assuming if this is possible, it would have to be through a custom
control...
the <asp:label> is able to interpret literal html tag input into its .text
propety and produce formatted strings in its out put. (i.e.,
mylabel.text="<b>Hi,</b> name is Joe Blow.") and it will bold the Hi, in its
response.

however, I would like to do this with a textbox. Can this be done and if so
can anyone lead me to informaiton resources to do this or offer an
explanation.

5 Apr 2005 5:29 AM

Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]

Standard HTML textboxes do not support such formatting. They are plain text
only.
However, there are a number of Rich Textboxes available for free. Here's a
list of 'em:
http://SteveOrr.net/freecontrols/textboxes.aspx

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://SteveOrr.net

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"studen771" <studen***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks in advance to anyone whom can help :)
>
> I'm assuming if this is possible, it would have to be through a custom
> control...
> the <asp:label> is able to interpret literal html tag input into its .text
> propety and produce formatted strings in its out put. (i.e.,
> mylabel.text="<b>Hi,</b> name is Joe Blow.") and it will bold the Hi, in
> its
> response.
>
> however, I would like to do this with a textbox. Can this be done and if
> so
> can anyone lead me to informaiton resources to do this or offer an
> explanation.