Allow only characters in textbox in asp.net

Satyapriyanayak
Posted by Satyapriyanayak under ASP.NET category on | Points: 40 | Views : 1764
We will know how to allow only characters in textbox in asp.net. 

Method-1
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Enter_only_characters_in_textbox._Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function character(e)
{
isIE = document.all ? 1 : 0
keyEntry = !isIE ? e.which : event.keyCode;
if (((keyEntry >= '65') && (keyEntry <= '90')) || ((keyEntry >= '97') && (keyEntry <= '122')) || (keyEntry == '46') || (keyEntry == '32') || keyEntry == '45')
return true;
else
{
return false;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtName1" runat="server" onkeypress="return character(event)" ></asp:TextBox>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Method-2
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="Enter_only_characters_in_textbox.WebForm1" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function character(evt)
{
evt = (evt) ? evt : event;
var charCode = (evt.charCode) ? evt.charCode : ((evt.keyCode) ? evt.keyCode :
((evt.which) ? evt.which : 0));
if (charCode > 31 && (charCode < 65 || charCode > 90) &&
(charCode < 97 || charCode > 122)) {
alert("Enter only characters");
return false;
}
return true;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<input type="text" onkeypress="return character(event)" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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