instant messanger in C#

[Laxmikant Rashinkar]

Hi,

I would like to write an instant messenger program.

I thought I would use a textbox for the text, so I can easily scroll up and
down.
But the problem is that I cannot use multi colored text inside a text box.

So is using a panel the only way out? Assuming I used drawstring() to
display
my message in any color I want, how would I scroll the text on the panel?

Is there any public domain code for instant messanger?

thanks
LK

[Girish Bharadwaj]

Laxmikant Rashinkar wrote:

Hi,

I would like to write an instant messenger program.

I thought I would use a textbox for the text, so I can easily scroll up and
down.
But the problem is that I cannot use multi colored text inside a text box.

So is using a panel the only way out? Assuming I used drawstring() to
display
my message in any color I want, how would I scroll the text on the panel?

Is there any public domain code for instant messanger?

thanks
LK

Look at some of the code from SharpDevelop or other source editing
tools. They will probably give you an idea on how to "colorize" text.

--
Girish Bharadwaj

[Tom Clement]

Why not use RichTextBox for your colored text? Maybe I'm misunderstandin g
your requirements.
Tom Clement
Apptero, Inc.
"Laxmikant Rashinkar" <LK@televital.c om> wrote in message
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Hi,

I would like to write an instant messenger program.

I thought I would use a textbox for the text, so I can easily scroll up and down.
But the problem is that I cannot use multi colored text inside a text box.

So is using a panel the only way out? Assuming I used drawstring() to
display
my message in any color I want, how would I scroll the text on the panel?

Is there any public domain code for instant messanger?

thanks
LK

[Jonathan Yong]

Checkout http://www.jabber.org/

Laxmikant Rashinkar wrote:

Hi,

I would like to write an instant messenger program.

I thought I would use a textbox for the text, so I can easily scroll up and
down.
But the problem is that I cannot use multi colored text inside a text box.

So is using a panel the only way out? Assuming I used drawstring() to
display
my message in any color I want, how would I scroll the text on the panel?

Is there any public domain code for instant messanger?

thanks
LK