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ASP.NET 2<br />
Visual Studio 2005<br />
win xp<br />
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Hi I want to retrieve the username from the login control txtbox when a user logs on<br />
and store in a variable.<br />
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tried &nbsp;<br />
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Dim username As String<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; username = Login1.FindControl(&quot;UserNa<wbr />me&quot;)<br />
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but get following error<br />
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Error &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Value of type 'System.Web.UI.Control' cannot be converted to 'String'. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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ASP.NET 2
Visual Studio 2005
win xp

Hi I want to retrieve the username from the login control txtbox when a user logs on
and store in a variable.

tried  

Dim username As String
        username = Login1.FindControl("UserName")

but get following error

Error	2	Value of type 'System.Web.UI.Control' cannot be converted to 'String'.	

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How to access value from login control txtbox asp.net 2

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