Help on help... And stringing things along...

[Chuck Bowling]

Ok, either I'm doing something wrong or the filters in help are worthless...

I'm trying to format a string... Nothing special, just formatting... like
C++...

How do I do a newline? i.e., assigning a string to a textbox...

txt.Text = "My first line...\n My second line...\n My third line...";

 

[Chuck Bowling]

Ok, either I'm doing something wrong or the filters in help are worthless...

I'm trying to format a string... Nothing special, just formatting... like
C++...

How do I do a newline? i.e., assigning a string to a textbox...

txt.Text = "My first line...\n My second line...\n My third line...";

Ok... the newline character works in a string... apparently it just doesn't
get displayed in a textbox control...

Anybody have a clue what's going on? I have the textbox Multiline and
acceptsReturn properties set to True. What am I missing?

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Ok... the newline character works in a string... apparently it just doesn't
get displayed in a textbox control...

Anybody have a clue what's going on? I have the textbox Multiline and
acceptsReturn properties set to True. What am I missing?

You need to use \r\n instead of \n between lines. For instance:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

public class Test : Form
{
Test()
{
Size = new Size(200,200);
TextBox tb = new TextBox();
tb.Size = new Size (150, 150);
tb.Text = "First line\nSecond line\r\nThird line";
tb.Multiline = true;
Controls.Add(tb);
}

static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new Test());
}
}

comes up with

First line Second line
Third line

 

[Chuck Bowling]

Great. Thanks for your help Jon..

You need to use \r\n instead of \n between lines. For instance:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

public class Test : Form
{
Test()
{
Size = new Size(200,200);
TextBox tb = new TextBox();
tb.Size = new Size (150, 150);
tb.Text = "First line\nSecond line\r\nThird line";
tb.Multiline = true;
Controls.Add(tb);
}

static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new Test());
}
}

comes up with

First line Second line
Third line

 

[Chris R]

There is an
Environment.NewLine Property

Which, in Windows, is equivalent to "\r\n"
It may be different on other platforms, so if you plan on using other
platforms, you may want to use this property instead.

Chris R.

 

[Chuck Bowling]

Ok. Thanks Chris...

There is an
Environment.NewLine Property

Which, in Windows, is equivalent to "\r\n"
It may be different on other platforms, so if you plan on using other
platforms, you may want to use this property instead.

Chris R.