Populate a richTextBox from a listView

Robert Mabrey

I'm trying to populate a richTextBox from a listView for the means of printing address labels

richTextBox1.Text = listViewPrint.SelectedItems[0].Text;
                        richTextBox1.Text = listViewPrint.SelectedItems[0].SubItems[0].Text;
                        richTextBox1.Text = listViewPrint.SelectedItems[0].SubItems[1].Text;
                        richTextBox1.Text = listViewPrint.SelectedItems[0].SubItems[2].Text;

The above code will only populate the richTextBox with text from the third column in the listView. If you remove the last line such that

Only information from the second column is populated and so on. Is there a way to loop through this or maybe concatenate, or better code to use? Also I want it to format as follows

 Name
Address
City, State, Zip

Thank You!

Actually after more thought It isn't necessary to populate a richtextBox when I can print directly from the listView. how could I do this in the obove format and again the same issue as above with populating the textBox. it will onlt print the last column.

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jinge16y ago
Accepted answer
Hi friend,
you can control appending the Eviroment.NewLine when needed. or you can also add if-else statement to control when appending Enviroment.NewLine.

Robert Mabrey16y ago

Thank You almost have it there. Any idea how to fix this though? this is the output

 ListViewSubItem: {0}
ListViewSubItem: {robert}
ListViewSubItem: {Evansville}
ListViewSubItem: {112 Main st}
ListViewSubItem: {in}
ListViewSubItem: {76543}
ListViewSubItem: {1}
ListViewSubItem: {jane}
ListViewSubItem: {113 main st}
ListViewSubItem: {fr. branch}
ListViewSubItem: {in}
ListViewSubItem: {98765}
ListViewSubItem: {2}
ListViewSubItem: {Joe}
ListViewSubItem: {114 Main st}
ListViewSubItem: {louisville}
ListViewSubItem: {ky}
ListViewSubItem: {12345}

It prints all this extra as well as every row in the listview

jinge16y ago

 

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 for(int i =0; i< listView1.Items.Count; i++)
                {
                for(int j=0; j < listView1.Items[i].SubItems.Count; j++)
                    {
                    sb.append(listView1.Items[i].SubItems[j] + Environment.NewLine);
                    }
                }
this.rtb.Text = sb.toString();

Robert Mabrey16y ago
Could you show me an example please, I am not familiar with the StringBuilder class
jinge16y ago
when looping the records in the listview, we can use a stringBuilder to construct the string. And finally set it to the Text property of the Rtb or Tb.

Let me know if you have any difficulty.
Robert Mabrey16y ago
It populates with the following
ListViewSubItem: {12345}
theLizard16y ago
This should work for you but have not tried it.

            for(int i =0; i< listView1.Items.Count; i++)
                {
                for(int j=0; j < listView1.Items[i].SubItems.Count; j++)
                    {
                    richTextBox1.Text = listView1.Items[i].SubItems[j] + Environment.NewLine;
                    }
                }
If you have any problems formatting let me know...