If it is a server side control on the page you wish to use, you simply use the name: <% =EmbeddedTextBox.Text; %> It is a member of your page class. Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com - Now with "Recommendation" postings www.JokesTricksAndStuff.com www.MyQuickPoll.com - Now with RSS Feed and Prizes www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com - Again :)

You need to programatically change the content of "value" during the creation of the HTML-Code. Remember, even if you have a PHP, ASP or whatever script, it still needs to feed the browser valid HTML-code. So, what the server reads: " echo "" + $ver + "th version of my site" ?> and sends "7th version of my site" Basically, in your code, the browser probably understands that it should fill the textbox with "mms://......." as a string, not with the content behind that link. This you would have to do via client- or server-side scripts, preferrably server-side ones. Cheers Sid

I'm not very nowledgeable about ASP.NET, but maybe the following can help you or at least get you on the right way. You can use the Page.Response property to influence the HTTP response data that will be send back to the client. The returned object provides for example a Write method that allows you to write information to the HTTP output content stream. www.troschuetz.de

A work-around can be thought of... Take the caoue from the text box whenever you want it, using the javascript function "He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail." - Abraham Maslow

sorry about being so impatient. thanx for replying. is there a possibility that u could show me how what u mean by passing the variable to some field in HTML. i don't have lots of experience with HTML.