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    I have a web application which has a TextBox:

    <asp:TextBox runat="server" CssClass="form-control monospace" ID="SKEDescriptionTextBox" TextMode="MultiLine" Rows="10" Text='<%# Bind("SKEDescription")%>'  />

    It is bound to a field SKEDescription which is derived from an old mainframe application and is simply text - with no formatting. (old green screen stuff)

    Within the web app the user can change this TextBox and the resultant text gets sent back to the mainframe - after a large amount of code to strip formatting and other characters which will upset the mainframe.

    However if the user enters any text which even looks like html (e.g. <xxx>) then the code fails even before it enters the checking code. This was solved by adding 

    ValidateRequestMode="Disabled"

    to the TextBox asp: line.

    So now the user can enter <xxx> and it is successfully sent to the mainframe,

    BUT when the screen is redisplayed all the new text is displayed EXCEPT <xxx> - it is not there.

    Is there another method/property of TextBox that controls what is displayed from the Bind source rather than the user input?



    Thursday, September 26, 2019 4:51 PM
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    Hi TotalTOPS, 

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    Friday, September 27, 2019 1:42 AM
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    Hopefully you are getting good help from the ASP.Net forums but if the user enters <xxx> and that is what is seen by the user then you should be able to use the innerText property of to get the text.

    Okay well here is probably what is happening. If you look at the HTML for this content (here) then <xxx> looks like &lt;xxx&gt;. But when you put the text containing <xxx> into the TextBox it looks like that exactly and <xxx> is unrecognizable as HTML and ignored. I am not sure of the details of your program to be sure how to solve the problem and I assume you already have help from the other forum.


    Sam Hobbs
    SimpleSamples.Info

    Sunday, September 29, 2019 12:24 AM
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