Format Text

Hi

This is going to be quite an explanation:

on the main form of my application, I have a Rich Text Box which is where the user will be entering information. The text is black.

then, i have a button which calls the dialogue "Notes"

A dialogue appears, with a rich text box.

the user should then be able to enter text into the box, click "OK", and the text entered into the Notes dialogue be inserted to the rich text box on the main form -- with the font colour "Red". The rest of the text in the main rich text box on the main form should remain black.

Help appreciated!

Many thanks,

M

Hi this could be one solution:

When you create your dialog "Notes" in the constructor you can pass an instance of your main form

vb Code:

Dim notesForm as new Notes(me)

You then add teh text to your rich text box and click your ok button which will I presume close your Notes form and then using the main form object you can call a sub in your main form class that will add the new text to the main forms rich text box... The add text can look something like this...

vb Code:

Public Sub AddText(ByVal text As String)
        Me.RichTextBox1.AppendText(text)' append to the existing text
        Me.RichTextBox1.Select(RichTextBox1.Text.IndexOf(text), text.Length)'select the new text
        Me.RichTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.Red'make it red
    End Sub

After doing this you will still have to return the rich text color back to black ... but I'll leave that to you

Something like this

Code:

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    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim d As New Dialog1
        Dim dr As DialogResult = d.ShowDialog
        If dr = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK AndAlso d.RichTextBox1.TextLength > 0 Then
            d.RichTextBox1.SelectAll()
            d.RichTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.Red
            Me.RichTextBox1.SelectedRtf = d.RichTextBox1.SelectedRtf
        End If
    End Sub

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