How to display a Log screen?

Which control is good for display log messages?
Something like a textbox, it should automatically scorll up when I add new message line at the bottom, and discard the old message on the top.

I don't quite understand the question.

Just use a ListBox, and when you add something to the end, delete the first one after a set number of items.

And if you want to keep these log messages all the time (change Output to Append):

Code:

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Public Sub List_Save(TheList As Listbox, FileName As String)
On Error Resume Next
Dim Save As Long
Dim fFile As Integer
fFile = FreeFile
Open FileName For Output As fFile
  For Save = 0 To TheList.ListCount - 1
      Print #fFile, TheList.List(Save)
  Next Save
Close fFile
End Sub
 
Call List_Save(List1, App.path & "\msg.log")


Public Sub List_Load(TheList As ListBox, FileName As String)
On Error Resume Next
Dim TheContents As String
Dim fFile As Integer
fFile = FreeFile
 Open FileName For Input As fFile
  Do
    Line Input #fFile, TheContents$
        Call List_Add(TheList, TheContents$)
  Loop Until EOF(fFile)
 Close fFile
End Sub

Call List_Load(List1, App.path & "\msg.log")

Public Sub List_Add(List As ListBox, txt As String)
List.AddItem txt
End Sub

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Quote:

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Originally posted by parksie
Just use a ListBox, and when you add something to the end, delete the first one after a set number of items.

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That's what I need. Thanks parksie

Although Matthew's method is pretty good for a lot of situations.