Multiline Label help

[ecotec8286]

Hey guys, I have a problem that I cant seem to figure out. I have a multiline label that im trying to add a line everytime I click the button. Its basically adding a new CD track name, CD minutes, and CD seconds to each new line for everytime the user inputs the given information:

1 Track_Name1 3 min. 13 sec.
2 Track_Name2 2 min. 34 sec.
3 Track_Name3 3 min. 01 sec.
.
.
.

But it keeps adding the "new" line in the position of the old one, so its only displaying on 1 line. I tried using a vbCrLf, but I might have it in the wrong spot?

heres what I got...

 Private Sub btnAddCut_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnAddCut.Click
        cutCounter += 1
        lblPlayList.Text = CStr(cutCounter) & " " & txtTitle.Text & " " & txtCutMin.Text & " min. " & txtCutSec.Text & " sec." & vbCrLf
        txtCutMin.Clear()
        txtCutSec.Clear()
        txtTitle.Clear()

    End Sub

The cutCounter is obviously the track number, and it clears the current info for the new information. Thanks for any help...

[Shaggy Hiker]

This part:

lblPlayList.Text =

means that you will be replacing what is there with the new string. That's not what you want. Replace it with this:

lblPlayList.Text &=

That will take what is there and concatenate on the new part.

[Poppa Mintin]

Or if you want to make your code a little easier to understand you could use: -

lblPlayList.Text = lblPlayList.Text + "Whatever"

Of course this will be considered 'Old hat' by some of the purists.

Poppa.

[Shaggy Hiker]

The only problem I have with that is the use of + rather than &. They do the same thing, and there is technically nothing wrong with that, especially if you have Option Strict ON, but if you don't have Option Strict ON, there are times when + doesn't do what you expect it to do when working with strings that could be interpreted as numbers. Therefore, I much prefer the use of & for string concatenation since there can be no ambiguity about it.

[norman_bates]

Is

lblPlayList.Text = lblPlayList.Text & (whatever) & vbnewline

not sufficient??

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yes, it is entirely sufficient.