how to do textbox NOT Editable but Readable in form

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hi all,

i've text box and to make that text not to edit but be readable.please reply with an exp

Posted 18-Jan-11 0:19am

ks ravi

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Solution 1

hi,
set the propery of the text box
ReadOnly=True
i hope this may help you.

Posted 18-Jan-11 0:25am

Blesson Mathew

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Espen Harlinn 18-Jan-11 6:29am

5+ Nice and easy answer

Blesson Mathew 18-Jan-11 6:33am

thank you Espen

Solution 3

Set the readonly property to True.
or paste this code on your form:

C#

//private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
//{
    textBox1.ReadOnly = true;
//}

Posted 18-Jan-11 0:28am

Аslam Iqbal

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Espen Harlinn 18-Jan-11 6:30am

5+ Nice and easy answer

Аslam Iqbal 18-Jan-11 6:33am

Thanks Harlinn

Solution 6

By using read only it will give problems on post back just set this java script property

onkeydown="javascript:return false"

by using this u can have properties like readonly and have absolutely no problem will araise

Posted 4-Sep-13 18:52pm

Member 10236682

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Member 11924880 3-Oct-15 7:03am

Yes, that's perfect what I wanted....Thanx..

Solution 4

On Page_Load add attribute like:

Textbox1.Attribute.Add("ReadOnly", "ReadOnly")

This will enable the control in read only mode.

Posted 18-Jan-11 0:29am

Sushma_Patel

Updated 18-Jan-11 0:41am

v2

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Baji Jabbar · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-18T00:27:00

Solution 2

You can use the Readonly or Enabled property of Textbox for this purpose

txtBox1.ReadOnly=true;

-or -

txtBox1.Enabled=false;

You can set this from the Design level also

Posted 18-Jan-11 0:27am

Baji Jabbar

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Espen Harlinn 18-Jan-11 6:32am

5+ Nice and easy answer, choose the approach that gives the right clue to the user.

Priyanka Bhagwat 5-Sep-13 1:02am

5+ this is the easiest and best approach