Show ***** only if have a password

[David Thielen]

Hi;

When displaying a record, I want to show ***** if they entered a password
and nothing if they did not. Is there a way to do this in the aspx file or do
I need to add a property to the data called ViewPassword?

 

[agapeton]

<asp:TextBox ID="txtPassword" runat="server"
TextMode="Password"></asp:TextBox>

 

[David Thielen]

Hello;

This is for viewing a record, not for creating/editing it. So I don't want
to use a textbox unless there is a way to mark a text box as read-only (is
there?)

 

[Phillip Williams]

If you are databinding within a templated server control, try conditional
evaluation in the databinding expression, e.g.
<asp:Label id="lblPassword" runat="Server"
Text='<%#Eval("Password").ToString().Equals(String.Empty)?"":"******"%>'/>

 

[David Thielen]

That sounds perfect - thank you.

Follow on question, is there a reason to use a label? ie, is this:
<asp:Label id="lblPassword" runat="Server"
Text='<%#Eval("Password").ToString().Equals(String.Empty)?"":"******"%>'/>

better than:
<%#Eval("Password").ToString().Equals(String.Empty)?"":"******"%>

 

[Phillip Williams]

I would use the label to be able to style it using CSS or SkinIDs, but if you
do not need a separate style for this field then the second options would
work just as fine.

 

[David Thielen]

good point - thanks