chat

[james14]

(ii have vb.net standard '02)

hey, i was wondering how i could have a chat box on my game that i am making. I already have to down but i th ink there is an easier and more efficient way of doing it.

its bassically like this (so far):

chatwindow.text = chatwindow.text & vbcrlf & (username) & ":" & chattext.text

thats the code under the submit button.
the problem is that when i run it, the window doesnt automattically scroll down all the way when i submit it. so each time i send a message out to chat window it just shows the top lines and i would have to scroll down to the bottom to read the message. i know there must be an easier way of doing this and i was wonderingn what that could be..

also, i know this is going to be easy but i just have a brain block- i want it so that the user only has to press enter to submit the text to the main window but i forget what that line of code is ( is it somehting like (Asc(e.char)) = 13 ??)

thanks in advance,
James

[sunburnt]

To force the textbox to scroll, after you add a line of chat, use this handy snippet:

txtChat.SelectionStart = txtChat.Text.Length;
txtChat.SelectionLength = 0;

To use Enter to send text, you'll need to check e.KeyChar in the textbox_keyPressed event:.
(Psuedo C# code)

if (e.KeyChar == '\r')
{
   e.Handled = true; // kill beeping noise
   // send text
   txtChat.Text = ""; // clear textbox
}

[james14]

i couldnt get the selction start/lenght code snippet to work. it would just do the same thing. i was wondering if it would have to do with the fact that im re-typing whats in the chatwindow box? and not just adding to it?

i didnt really try your e.keychar one but i wanted to tell u that im programming in vb (i can do alittle vc++ but not much)

thanks