Text Boxes and returns

I want to use a text box so I can use its scroll bars but when I push in text with chr(13) and chr(10)'s CR and LF they dont work. Everything is on the same line and the return characters dont act as return characters....

Do I need to use a different object or set something on the text box or use different characters... or or or or or

help..... I'm sure this is a simple topic that has been discussed 1000x of times... I hope

Do you have the scroll Bar settings to "BOTH" on the control?

I just redid my message.. the control characters dont force it
to the next line.... If I type in the box and hit return it works fine but not if I push in text that I get from elsewhere...

Instead of using CHR(13) & CHR(10) try using vbNewLine or
vbCRLF

try adding the constant vbCrLf to your stings instead

i.e.

VB Code:

textbox.Text = textbox.Text & vbCrLf & "test"

They still just show as vertical bars in the text box and dont force it to the next line

I'd like to see your code. I do this text box thing in several places and they all work.

make a new project with a textbox and make a command button
do this

Text1.Text = "line1" + vbCrLf + "line2"


then you'll (hopefully) see what I get

line1||line2....

strange.. now that I set my multiline to y for my little experimenti it worked fine.. but my big app doesnt work... let me check some things....

make sure that the textbox control's MultiLine property is set to True?

its set to Y... but still shows as the vertical bars...

I wonder if it has something to do with the message going
from procedure to procedure ??

This is wierd.. I must be missing something... I need to investigate
this further.. thanks for the help...

can you paste some of your code?

here is a sample of what its doing.. let me know what I did wrong if you can.. thanks.. must be something simple

I attached a tiny project

Your problem is that the MID statements says to insert 1 character, but vbCrLf is 2 characters.

try this instead
Text1.Text = Replace(Text1.Text, "~", vbCrLf)

thanks I didnt know there was a replace command...

what happens if I pass it nothing to replace with.. will it just remove ??

the Replace statement has to have 2 perameters. If you want to replace a char with nothing use it like this.

Replace(text1, "mywords", "")