RichTextBox

Tessa

Hi! I'm an extreme newbie, so please be nice to me. :)
I'm working in Visual Studio Express 2008. I have a RichTextBox control. The following code compiles, but the text file doesn't actually appear in the control:

 

private void 
ftsMenuOpen_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

{

if (ofdFile.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)

{

ofdFile.DefaultExt = ".txt";

ofdFile.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt";

try

{

rtbFile.LoadFile(ofdFile.FileName, RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText);

}

catch (ArgumentException)

{

}

}

}

I would really appreciate it if you could perhaps help me out a little :)
Thanks

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Suthish Nair15y ago
Tessa,

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Suthish Nair15y ago
Tessa,

Query Resolved?
Suthish Nair15y ago
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Suthish Nair15y ago

Actually the probs is in your code itself.

Use,

.rtf ==> StreamType.RichText

.txt ==> StreamType.PlainText

ofdFile.DefaultExt = "*.txt";
ofdFile.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt";
if(ofdFile.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK && ofdFile.FileName.Length > 0) 
{
  rtbFile.LoadFile(ofdFile.FileName, RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText);
}

Jaish Mathews15y ago
Tessa,
I think it's loading, but you are not able to see it as of richtextbox control size. Do below 2 steps.
1. Increase the size of your richtextbox control
2. Set the "Filter " and "DefultExt" properties of the fileopendialog before opening the dialog. Otherwise it hasn't any impact. With below lines of code I could able to see the contents in richtextbox
openFileDialog1.DefaultExt = ".txt";
openFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt";
if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{

try
{
richTextBox1.LoadFile(openFileDialog1.FileName,RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText);
}
catch (ArgumentException) { }
}