Draw ARC ( )

[Sali]

hello

how i can draw the arc like the char "( ) "
that the left arc move to lfet when in write in bettwen them
and when i press ENTER then the lengh of arc have to incerse
to write someing else in bettwen the arc

with thanks

[Sali]

is it easy to do these ??
can any one give me hint or the code of thats

[jim mcnamara]

Oh. I think I get what you want.

You want to have text that is entered make the parenthesis character move. Let's try using a textbox.

Make a Textbox with right justification

Text1.Alignment=vbRightJustify

Text1.Text= "( )" '- 3 characters to start with start with: 
      ' [open paren] space [close paren]
Text1.SelStart = 2   ' makes the space the selected starting point
Text1.SelLength = 1 ' one character only

With each KeyPress event for the TextBox
You have to update the text, reset the Text1.SelStart, Text1.SelLength properties.

This is only a start - I don't have VB on this machine, I can't really do much more without experimenting. There are lots of people who post here that can take this a little further.

There are problems. The user could backspace (delete) a parenthesis character, could cut from the box, or paste into the box, for instance. You have to handle all of these issues.

[Sali]

Thanks for replay

what you are saying that good and its work

but i dont want these

what i want to do these in picture box
becuse the "()" when i wright bettwen or inside that ( ) and i press Enter i want the arc Lengh to be increse and able me to right a multi line in between the brackt

with thanks

[Microbasic]

Here's a thought.

You can use a image control and put the arc in it. Then, you could move it or resize it to your will.

Is that what you want?

<NOTE: Excuse my habit of not posting long code until I am sure it is what the thread starter wanted>