Can an asp:textbox produce HTML?

[needin4mation]

Hi, I have this in my asp.net 1.1 page:

<asp:textbox id="Comment" tabIndex="4" runat="server"></asp:textbox>

Inside the tags, say I have:

<b>I am bold.</b>

When I run the page I get the tags, the HTML, with the sentence. But
how can I get it to render the sentence bold using the tags?

Thank you.

 

[Chris]

The asp.net control is just parsed using a huge regex and turned into
an <input> or <textarea> HTML tag. To support styling, you need an
editable iframe or div. Take a look at http://www.freetextbox.com/ they
have already done it for you.

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

An asp.net textbox renders as <input type=text...>. You can attach a style
to it, but you can use it as an html-enabled editor because it is not.

Eliyahu

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Obviously, I meant you can't use it as ...

Eliyahu

 

[needin4mation]

The asp.net control is just parsed using a huge regex and turned into
an <input> or <textarea> HTML tag. To support styling, you need an
editable iframe or div. Take a look at http://www.freetextbox.com/ they
have already done it for you.

Either I do not understand you response, or I was not clear. Change it
from a textbox to a label with this:

<asp:Label Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Comments")%>
' runat="server" />

In the database there is HTML surrounding the text. Can I make it show
up rendered with the HTML in the label control?

Thanks again for any help.

 

[Chris]

Either I do not understand you response, or I was not clear. Change it
from a textbox to a label with this:

<asp:Label Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Comments")%>
' runat="server" />

In the database there is HTML surrounding the text. Can I make it show
up rendered with the HTML in the label control?

Thanks again for any help.

Yes HTML will render correctly for a label control, as it just renders
as a DIV or SPAN html tag.