[RESOLVED] Checking for Selected Text and Replacing Selected Text

Hi guys ,
I have a RichTextBox and i'm trying to be able to add links to selected text,
So i've been messing around with the SelectedText but It's not working the way I thought.

Code:

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Dim Selection As String = ""
        Dim link As String = ""
        Dim pathC As String = ""

 If RichTextBox1.SelectedText <> "" Then
            Selection = RichTextBox1.SelectedText
            If MsgBox("Would you Like to Add an external link?", MsgBoxStyle.YesNo, "Link type") = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then
                link = InputBox("Type hyperlink", "Type hyperlink", "http://")
                pathC = "<a href=""" & link & """>" & Selection & "</a>"
                RichTextBox1.SelectedText.Replace(RichTextBox1.SelectedText, pathC)
Else
...
End If
 End If

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Thanks in advance,
Mike

Code:

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RichTextBox1.SelectedText = pathC

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Inferrd

Code:

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RichTextBox1.SelectedText = pathC

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lol
I was going the other way. it always amazes me how everything becomes so simple.

Thanks a lot

np.

Just a quick note: the String Replace method "Returns a new string in which all occurrences of a specified string in the current instance are replaced with another specified string" (from the MSDN docs) and it's that "returns a new string" bit that tends to trip people up on occasion (me included). So your original approach should work as:

Code:

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RichTextBox1.SelectedText = RichTextBox1.SelectedText.Replace(RichTextBox1.SelectedText, pathC)

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Bit of a mouthful, though. :P

Is always good to know thanks mate :D