PasswordBox.Password Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:: PresentationFramework.dll

Important

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Gets or sets the password currently held by the PasswordBox.

public:
 property System::String ^ Password { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string Password { [System.Security.SecurityCritical] get; [System.Security.SecurityCritical] set; }

public string Password { get; set; }

[<get: System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
[<set: System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
member this.Password : string with get, set

member this.Password : string with get, set

Public Property Password As String

Property Value

String

A string representing the password currently held by the PasswordBox.

The default value is Empty.

Attributes: SecurityCriticalAttribute

Examples

The following example shows how to set the Password property programmatically.

PasswordBox pwdBox = new PasswordBox();
pwdBox.Password = "Open Sesame!";

Dim pwdBox As New PasswordBox()
pwdBox.Password = "Open Sesame!"

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.

Setting this property to null causes the underlying password to be set to Empty.

Applies to

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