what's the function to automatically acquire the value of input box which is inputted by a user?

Question

for example,this is a text field. can i use a function to automatically acquire the text i input. is it form.key.value?
i need a variable such like this:
variable1=the text user input

in ASP .

i need to use this value in the same page.

i don't mean .

Answer 1

i think its variable1 = (object name).text.value
or variable1 = (object name).value, something like that, i nt very good though