set a value to textbox property but do not display that value in that textbox

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Hi,

i have written get set property for a textbox,i want to assign value to the property of textbox but it should not be displayed in that textbox,can this be done?
this is for windows form application

eg:-

if MYtext is property for textbox1;
i will assign value to it Mytext=3;
it should not be displayed in that textbox.

Regards,
-G-

Posted 13-Oct-11 0:23am

girish sp

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Pravin Patil, Mumbai 13-Oct-11 6:38am

Do you mean, you do not this property to be displayed in Properties window..?

girish sp 13-Oct-11 6:40am

i dont want the value to be displayed in textbox back,

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Solution 2

If you make visible option to false, your textbox will not be visible too. If you assign a password char in the properties window, that char will be visible instead of your value.

example: actual value: xyz
textbox shows: ***

Posted 13-Oct-11 2:10am

A. Duman

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girish sp 13-Oct-11 8:15am

i know that ,but i want to know is there any way to hide only text not the control??

A. Duman 13-Oct-11 8:35am

If you don't want it to be displayed then there is no point assigning a value to it. Can't you assign the value to another variable and use it from there?

Solution 1

You can make a visible option in textbox property to false in visual studio this will not make your value echo in the text box.

Posted 13-Oct-11 0:31am

aashish mittal001

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girish sp 13-Oct-11 6:37am

could you please be more clear?the visible option in textbox property makes the control visibile ,

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Bala Selvanayagam · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-13T02:39:00

Solution 3

If you do not want the value to be displayed and then use the "Tag" property to hold the value temperavorily

Assign the value as follows

txtFind.Tag = "1233";

If you want to show the value

txtFind.Text = txtFind.Tag.ToString() ;

if you want to hide

txtFind.Text = "" ;

Not sure, the length of the data the "Tag" property can hold.....just do a google on this for the safe side or some one comment on this

Posted 13-Oct-11 2:39am

Bala Selvanayagam

Updated 13-Oct-11 2:54am

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girish sp 13-Oct-11 8:44am

thanks Bala selvanayagam,for this hint..length is not a problem for me as my text max length is 3 digits,i will see if this works for me.

johannesnestler 13-Oct-11 9:18am

Yes this is the way to go. Tag is just a reference so no problem with length. If you need more comfort derive a special TextBox from Textbox and add a string variable/property. It wouldn't make any sense to have a textbox with assigned text which is not shown (you could do that by setting the foreground (color) property to same as the background)

Bala Selvanayagam 13-Oct-11 9:50am

Thanks for the additional info johannesnestler