Different colored lines in the same textbox

[None]

How do i write lines with different colors in a textbox?
I've tried using the forecolor property and it just takes the last
color.
eg.
TextBox1.ForeCo lor = Color.Red
TextBox1.Text = "test" & " "
TextBox1.ForeCo lor = Color.Purple
TextBox1.Text &= "test2"

It prints both test and test2 in purple

[James Jardine]

Re: Different colored lines in the same textbox


"None" <shefsspecial@g mail.com> wrote in message
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> How do i write lines with different colors in a textbox?
> I've tried using the forecolor property and it just takes the last
> color.
> eg.
> TextBox1.ForeCo lor = Color.Red
> TextBox1.Text = "test" & " "
> TextBox1.ForeCo lor = Color.Purple
> TextBox1.Text &= "test2"
>
> It prints both test and test2 in purple
>[/color]

I don't believe this is possible in a default textbox. There are 2 options
I believe you have..

1. use an RTF box instead.
2. Custom Draw your textbox. This would be more work but I think it would
allow you to set the different colors using the graphics.drawxx xx methods.

jjardine

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Different colored lines in the same textbox

"None" <shefsspecial@g mail.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
> How do i write lines with different colors in a textbox?
> I've tried using the forecolor property and it just takes the last
> color.
> eg.
> TextBox1.ForeCo lor = Color.Red
> TextBox1.Text = "test" & " "
> TextBox1.ForeCo lor = Color.Purple
> TextBox1.Text &= "test2"
>
> It prints both test and test2 in purple[/color]

You may want to use the RichTextBox control instead of the common textbox.
The richtextbox' 'SelectionColor ' property can be used to change the color
of the selected text.

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