Different color text in textbox

Can you have different color text is a standard TextBox?

I know you can in a RichText box but what about the TextBox.

Same with bolding - can you bold one line of text in the text box and then
unbold the next line?

Thanks,

Tom

Serge
Wed Feb 13 14:07:33 CST 2008

You're asking for rich text in a non richtext box !
The answer is no, richtext is available from richtext box only ;-)

HTH,

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"tshad" <tshad@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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> Can you have different color text is a standard TextBox?
>
> I know you can in a RichText box but what about the TextBox.
>
> Same with bolding - can you bold one line of text in the text box and then
> unbold the next line?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>

Herfried
Wed Feb 13 16:24:23 CST 2008

"tshad" <tshad@dslextreme.com> schrieb:
> Can you have different color text is a standard TextBox?
>
> I know you can in a RichText box but what about the TextBox.
>
> Same with bolding - can you bold one line of text in the text box and then
> unbold the next line?

No, the Windows Forms textbox control doesn't support that (except in WPF).

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Ravi
Sun Feb 17 11:32:20 CST 2008

Contrary to the other replies, yes you can.

myTextBox.ForeColor = ...

Bolding is an other issue. :(

Hope this helps,

/ravi

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"tshad" <tshad@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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> Can you have different color text is a standard TextBox?
>
> I know you can in a RichText box but what about the TextBox.
>
> Same with bolding - can you bold one line of text in the text box and then
> unbold the next line?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>

Herfried
Sun Feb 17 12:22:52 CST 2008

"Ravi Bhavnani" <ravib@ravib.com> schrieb:
> Contrary to the other replies, yes you can.
>
> myTextBox.ForeColor = ...
>
> Bolding is an other issue. :(

Re-read the OP's post. You cannot change the color of a certain line in the
textbox.

The font can be changed by assigning a new font to the control's 'Font'
property. Specify 'FontStyle.Bold' to use a bold font.

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