display user input after pressing button - asp.net

Question

I have a total of 4 views. in view 1 the user inputs their first name then clicks a button to go into the next view
<lable for="fname">First Name</lable>
<asp:TextBox ID="fname" runat="server" required></asp:TextBox>
<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="RegularExpressionValidator1" runat="server" style="color:red" ErrorMessage="* Letters Only" ControlToValidate="fname" ValidationExpression="^[aA-zZ]*$" ></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>
i want to re-display the user's input on the 3rd view. this is my code for it
<asp:Label ID="cardName" runat="server" Text="Name On Card"></asp:Label>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" ></asp:Label>
vb for it
Private Sub View3_Activate(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles View3.Activate
Label1.Text = fname.Text
End Sub
this does not work, so i tried this
Private Sub Button3_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
Label1.Text = fname.Text
End Sub
(when button three is clicked, the page goes to view 3 from view 2. button type is not submit)
None of this has worked for me

Answer 1

You can use ASP.NET Session to store the value the user entered and then pull that value out of Session when you want to display it on view 3.
In button click event handler on view 1, do this:
Protected Sub View1_ButtonClick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Session("FirstName") = fname.Text
End Sub
Now in the Page_Load of view 3, do this:
Sub Page_Load(ByVal Sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
' Get first name value out of Session by name here and set label
Label1.Text = Session("FirstName").ToString()
End Sub
Note - Things you put into Session are of type Object so you must cast the value to the correct type. In this case, the .ToString() makes it a String that can be put as the text of the label.