System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace   Label Class

Sets or retrieves the text displayed for a Label control.

The property is read/write with no default value.

Use the Text property to specify or determine the content displayed in a Label control.

The text of a label control can contain HTML, such as an image tag.

In certain cases, as when labels are used within templated controls, the Text property is usually obtained dynamically from a data source.

The following shows how you can programmatically set the Text property of a Label control at run time, based on user input.

void greetUser ( Object src, EventArgs e ) {
   greeting.Text = "Greetings, " + 
    ( ( userName.Text != "" ) ? userName.Text : "earthling" ) + 
      ", welcome to ASP.NET " +
      "<img src='/shared/wink.gif' width=15 height=15 border=0 alt=''>";
}

Sub greetUser ( src As Object, e As EventArgs )
   greeting.Text = "Greetings, " + 
      IIf ( userName.Text <> "", userName.Text, "earthling" ) + 
      ", welcome to ASP.NET " + 
      "<img src='/shared/wink.gif' width=15 height=15 border=0 alt=''>"
End Sub

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The following examples demonstrate how to dynamically bind the Text property of Label controls defined within templates.

DataList Editing Command Events Example Run Sample | View Source

Using a DropDownList in an Editable DataList Run Sample | View Source

Label Members