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  • Torben Laursen
    #1

    Size of string in a richtextbox

    I have a problem with showing text in a richtextbox
    I want to show 3 columns of data and want them to be aligned.
    I make sure each string for each column is the same length but since
    different characters take up different space in the richtextbox
    the columns look like a mess.
    It there a simple method to get 2 string to takeup the same space in a
    richtextbox?
    Example:
    Entropy [kJ/(Kg Kelvin)] -8.2602E-002
    Heat capacity (Cp) [kJ/(kelvin kg)] 3.0876E+000

    The text is first column and the numbers are the second column

    Thanks Torben

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    • Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
      #2
      Re: Size of string in a richtextbox

      Torben,

      Well, you could use a fixed-width font. That will ensure that you can
      use spaces to line up the content. Otherwise, you will have to position the
      separate elements yourself.


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      "Torben Laursen" <does@not.workw rote in message
      news:171F0649-1C70-478A-BDD7-15B62B259F0B@mi crosoft.com...
      >I have a problem with showing text in a richtextbox
      I want to show 3 columns of data and want them to be aligned.
      I make sure each string for each column is the same length but since
      different characters take up different space in the richtextbox
      the columns look like a mess.
      It there a simple method to get 2 string to takeup the same space in a
      richtextbox?
      Example:
      Entropy [kJ/(Kg Kelvin)] -8.2602E-002
      Heat capacity (Cp) [kJ/(kelvin kg)] 3.0876E+000
      >
      The text is first column and the numbers are the second column
      >
      Thanks Torben

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        • rossum
          #3
          Re: Size of string in a richtextbox

          On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:54:29 +0100, "Torben Laursen" <does@not.wor k>
          wrote:
          >I have a problem with showing text in a richtextbox
          >I want to show 3 columns of data and want them to be aligned.
          >I make sure each string for each column is the same length but since
          >different characters take up different space in the richtextbox
          >the columns look like a mess.
          >It there a simple method to get 2 string to takeup the same space in a
          >richtextbox?
          >Example:
          >Entropy [kJ/(Kg Kelvin)] -8.2602E-002
          >Heat capacity (Cp) [kJ/(kelvin kg)] 3.0876E+000
          >
          >The text is first column and the numbers are the second column
          >
          >Thanks Torben
          Have you tried using tabs '\t'?

          string firstLine = "Entropy [kJ/(Kg Kelvin)]\t\t-8.2602E-002";
          string secondLine = "Heat capacity (Cp) [kJ/(kelvin kg)]\t " +
          3.0876E+000";
          richTextBox1.Te xt = firstLine + Environment.New Line +
          secondLine + Environment.New Line;

          rossum

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