Field - Password 

This type will render a password textbox but from which text cannot be read.

This field has no extra client side validation check.

Type Settings

  • Image URL we can give an image URL (http://www.mydomain.com/myimage.gif) in order to show it instead of showing the answer text. 

  • Type allows us to change the current type of the answer we want in our survey. Respondent answers already collected will not be deleted if we change the type.

  • RegEx Server Side Validation  allows us to validate the content of the textbox field using a regular expression. Several regular expression validation are provided out of the box and it is very easy to create new one using the Regular Expression Editor. This check is done server-side.

  • Mandatory allows us to set if the textbox field requires to be filled. This check is done server-side.

  • Default Text Value  allows us to set a default value inside the textbox field. It is also possible to fill the textbox with a default value coming from an external source using following tags :

    ##yourquerystringvariablename## will set the default text with a query string variable's value.
    @@yoursessionvariablename@@ will set the default text with a session variable's value.
    &&yourcookievariablename&& will set the default text with a cookie variable's value.
    %%servervariablename%% will set the default text with a server side variable's value. 


  • Pipe Alias  allows us to specify an alias that we can use in other questions to pipe the textbox field value. To learn about piping and pipe alias we suggest reading the Piping Introduction.
     
  • Reporting Alias is the text that can be shown instead of the answer text inside our reports.

  • Extended Report Filter we will be able to use directly the text answers of the respondent as a filter in the General Report Settings. To learn more about piping and extended report filters we suggest reading the Extended Filter Introduction.



Related Topics
Builder Tutorial
Answer Types Introduction
Answer Type Creator
Extended Filter Introduction
Answers Editor 
   

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