PasswordBox.SecurePassword Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets the password currently held by the PasswordBox as a SecureString.

public:
 property System::Security::SecureString ^ SecurePassword { System::Security::SecureString ^ get(); };

public System.Security.SecureString SecurePassword { get; }

member this.SecurePassword : System.Security.SecureString

Public ReadOnly Property SecurePassword As SecureString

Property Value

SecureString

A secure string representing the password currently held by the PasswordBox.

Remarks

When you get the Password property value, you expose the password as plain text in memory. To avoid this potential security risk, use the SecurePassword property to get the password as a SecureString.

See also

• Password
• SecureString