How do you assign a value to a text box? Is it <asp:TextBox ID="dbid" Visible="False" Value=http://aspmessageboard.com/archive/index.php/"some value" runat="server" />?<BR><BR>How do you retreive the value in a Code Behind? I was trying: Dim strDBID As String<BR>strDBID = dbid.Value<BR><BR>Will this work?You don't use the value attribute... instead do it like this:<BR><BR><asp:TextBox ID="dbid" Visible="False" runat="server">some value</asp:TextBox>