display static text in vb.net

hi,

I've some informations in a word document (2,3 pages). I want to show this to the user from vb.net form. How can I do this?

Can I use Labels? :confused: But it is not look nice (the alignments are not good) and take much time to paste line by line. I'm sure there is better way to do this :bigyello: ;) Need quick response...Thanks

Use a richtextbox.

Hi,
Thanks for immediate response.
I want only show the text..with richtextbox user can edit the text, right? :confused:

Set the ReadOnly property to true for the RTB.

But then why can't i use Labels inseted of RTB...what is the difference between those two. if I make readonly-true, borderstyle-None and backcolor-control..then RTB looks like Label!!! Sorry..i hope i'm not irretating anybody by this silly questions...Just want to know about .net clearly. :)

make sure you set the rtb to multiline... Labels are only for a few words at the most. They are as their name suggest, to label things. You need an RTB or even a regular textbox would be ok.

Is RTB is the only way to show the text to the user. I have more than 2 pages of text in word document. I did the following coding to put the word document text in to RTB.

VB Code:

RichTextBox1.Text = "This is the first line" _
                            & vbCrLf _
                            & "This is the second line" _
                            & vbCrLf _
                            & "This is the third line" _
                            & vbCrLf _
                            & "This is the fourth line" _
                            & vbCrLf _
                            & "This is the fifth line"

Am i doing correctly? :confused: :afrog:

You could also just save the word document as a .rtf and then load the document a runtime

VB Code:

RichTextBox1.Load("C:\My Path\My File.rtf")

Quote:

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Originally Posted by <ABX

You could also just save the word document as a .rtf and then load the document a runtime

VB Code:

RichTextBox1.Load("C:\My Path\My File.rtf")

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Thanks...it helps me to show the text...
but the syntax is...

VB Code:

RichTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\My Path\My File.rtf")

Big thanks to everybody :wave:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by haihems

Thanks...it helps me to show the text...
but the syntax is...

VB Code:

RichTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\My Path\My File.rtf")

Big thanks to everybody :wave:

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Argh.. My memorys letting up on me :(