My background has been PHP with MySQL - and I do think I may be looking for an "echo" equivalent.
The intention is to have a text field, and then have the submitted text printed on the screen with e.g. IsPostBack and on page load.
The question is directed at the control asp:label to know what is used to have the equivalent function in VB.NET 2012.
Differently formulated to specify what is intended:
Basically, have the text submitted through the "textbox" and have it printed on the screen after "page load", perhaps "on page load". And then continue you further, by having the text saved in the database. (The first steps of a blog application.)
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