Question

i am trying to retain the value of a variable from a previous page. i believe this is the C# way to do this, but i would like the vb.net way can someone please help:

TextBox myTxt = (TextBox)Page.PreviousPage.FindControl("previousPageTextBox");   
currentPageTextBox.text = myTxt.Text;

i would like to know how to code this in vb.net

i tried this:

Dim myTxt As TextBox = CType(Page.PreviousPage.FindControl("Textbox1"), TextBox)
        TextBox1.Text = myTxt.Text

but i got this error msg:

use the new keyword to create an object instance

Answer 1

This should do it, also make sure you are using Server.Transfer to go between pages.. but I am sure you already know this:

Dim myTxt as TextBox = CType(Page.PreviousPage.FindControl("previousPageTextBox"), TextBox)
currentPageTextBox.text = myTxt.Text