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How to encrypt a password on FormView update and insert event using an EntityDataSource

I have a FormView with a textbox for a password. The FormView is using an EntityDataSource as a data source an I am trying to apply a hash function the textbox value before it is entered into the database.

Formview:

<asp:FormView
      ID="fvUser"
      runat="server"
      DataKeyNames="id"
      DataSourceID="edsUserDetails"
      DefaultMode="ReadOnly"
      OnItemInserting="fvUser_ItemInserting"
      width="100%"
      >
<EditItemTemplate>
.
.
.
            <div class="label-Field">Password</div>
<asp:TextBox ID="tbxPassword" runat="server" Width="200px" TextMode="Password" Text='<%# Bind("password") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>

Entity Datasource:

<asp:EntityDataSource ID="edsUserDetails" runat="server"
                        ConnectionString="name=WomEntities"
                        DefaultContainerName="WomEntities"
                        EntitySetName="Users"
                        EnableUpdate="True"
                        EnableInsert="True"
                        OnInserted="edsUserDetails_ItemInserted"
                        OnUpdating="edsUserDetails_onUpdating"
                        AutoGenerateWhereClause="true">
                        <WhereParameters>
                              <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="fView$gvSearchResult" DbType="Int32" Name="id" PropertyName="SelectedValue" />
                        </WhereParameters>
                  </asp:EntityDataSource>

Code Behind:

protected void edsUserDetails_onUpdating( object sender, EntityDataSourceChangingEventArgs e ) {
                  TextBox ltb_password = ( TextBox )fvUser.FindControl( "tbxPassword" );
                  string lpswd = encrypt( ltb_password.Text );
                  e.Entity.password = lpswd;
            }

I found a blog that suggested the onUpdating method above but it is returning error: "Error      3      'object' does not contain a definition for 'password' and no extension method 'password' accepting a first argument of type 'object' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)"

Any suggestions for this. I simply want to use the existing code and interrupt the database insert/update to hash the password.

Thank you

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meyerc74

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thank you NazoUK....i knew it was something simple i was overlooking. Corrected code below:

protected void edsUserDetails_onUpdating( object sender, EntityDataSourceChangingEventArgs e ) {
                  TextBox ltb_password = ( TextBox )fvUser.FindControl( "tbxPassword" );
                  string lpswd = encrypt( ltb_password.Text );
                  User lentity = (User)e.Entity;
                  lentity.password = lpswd;
            }