display static text in vb.net

[haihems]

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? 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 Need quick response...Thanks

[mendhak]

Use a richtextbox.

[haihems]

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

[mendhak]

Set the ReadOnly property to true for the RTB.

[haihems]

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.

[Grunt]

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.

[haihems]

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.

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?

[<ABX]

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

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

[haihems]

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

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

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

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

Big thanks to everybody

[<ABX]

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

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

Big thanks to everybody

Argh.. My memorys letting up on me