Multiline textbox

[mikki]

How do implement a carriage return in a multiline textbox, so that everytime the users enter text it starts on a new line

At the end of each line add a 'vbCrLf'.
Eg:

Text1.Text = "Hello World!" & vbCrLf
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "I'm going home!"

If you didn't put the vbCrLf in there, the result would be:
"Hello World!I'm going home!"
But since we use vbCrLf the result is:
"Hello World!
I'm going home!"

Hope it helps.

[HarryW]

I think he wants to add the new lines when the user enters text, not when the code adds text. How are you going to define a point when a user starts to enter text? Is it every time the text box loses focus and gets it back again?

Every time that event occurs, you can use this statement:

Text1.Text = Text1.Text & VbNewline

That will add a new line to the end of the text.

[HeSaidJoe]

Private Sub Command1_Click()
'if you use the focus event, everytime
'you get focus you add a new blank line
'the same with the button but I think the
'button is the lesser evil

Text1.SetFocus
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & vbCrLf
Text1.SelStart = Len(Text1.Text)
'
End Sub

[mikki]

Thanks guys, but this is a textbox that allows the user to enter comments. So every time they start typing they should be on a new line. Should look something like this.
boy
girl
child
so on

The question is: When do you want it to go to a new line? Every word? Every time the textbox loses focus?

[mikki]

It depends on the user, I don't know how long or short a comment could be.

[Yonatan]

I'm not sure what it is, either.
But try this:

Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
    If Not Right(Text1.Text, 2) = vbNewLine Then Text1.Text = Text1.Text & vbNewLine
    Text1.SelStart = Len(Text1.Text)
End Sub

You could try using a listbox, Eg:

'LB1 is your listbox control
'cmdAdd is a commandbutton to add a comment to the list.
Private Sub cmdAdd_Click()
    Dim sResult As String
    sResult = InputBox("Please enter a comment:", "Add Comment", "")
    If sResult = "" Then Exit Sub
    LB1.AddItem sResult
End Sub

I hope this helps you, though I'm not sure exactly what you need.