RichTextBox

[Tank]

I have RichTextBox in my dialog. Currently, I am loading the content from a
file. Is there anyway to have the text 'binded' to it during compile time ?
The idea is not to distribute the rtf file when installing the application.

[Paul Ledger]

Could you use a resource file?

"Tank" wrote:

I have RichTextBox in my dialog. Currently, I am loading the content from a
file. Is there anyway to have the text 'binded' to it during compile time ?
The idea is not to distribute the rtf file when installing the application.

[Tank]

Er.. how ? The problem is the text consists of a mix of bolded and
non-bolded text. Also some words use different font.

"Paul Ledger" <Pa********@dis cussions.micros oft.com> wrote in message
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Could you use a resource file?

"Tank" wrote:

I have RichTextBox in my dialog. Currently, I am loading the content from a file. Is there anyway to have the text 'binded' to it during compile time ? The idea is not to distribute the rtf file when installing the application.

[Paul Ledger]

true but the underlying RTF is just tagged text....

{\rtf1\ansi\ans icpg1252\deff0\ deflang2057{\fo nttbl{\f0\fnil\ fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}
\viewkind4\uc1\ pard\f0\fs17 Here is the text\par
}

"Tank" wrote:

Er.. how ? The problem is the text consists of a mix of bolded and
non-bolded text. Also some words use different font.

"Paul Ledger" <Pa********@dis cussions.micros oft.com> wrote in message
news:6C******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Could you use a resource file?

"Tank" wrote:

I have RichTextBox in my dialog. Currently, I am loading the content from a file. Is there anyway to have the text 'binded' to it during compile time ? The idea is not to distribute the rtf file when installing the application.

[Magnus Krisell]

You can include the RTF file as an embedded resource and load it from
the assembly.

Add the file:
Project -> Add Existing Item

Right click on it in Solution Explorer and select:
Build Action -> Embedded Resource

Then use code like this to load it:

using System.Reflecti on;

Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExe cutingAssembly( );
using (Stream stream =
assembly.GetMan ifestResourceSt ream("RTFtest.t estFile.rtf"))
{
richTextBox.Loa dFile(stream, RichTextBoxStre amType.RichText );
}

where 'RTFtest' is the default namespace for the project.

- Magnus

"Tank" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
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I have RichTextBox in my dialog. Currently, I am loading the content from a file. Is there anyway to have the text 'binded' to it during compile time ? The idea is not to distribute the rtf file when installing the application.

[Tank]

I have a rtf file "abc.rtf", namespace is MyNamespace.

assembly.GetMan ifestResourceSt ream("MyNamespa ce.abc.rtf")) gave me an error.

Is that the correct way to specify the resource name ?
"Magnus Krisell" <ma******@NOSPA Mstudent.liu.se > wrote in message
news:O3******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

You can include the RTF file as an embedded resource and load it from
the assembly.

Add the file:
Project -> Add Existing Item

Right click on it in Solution Explorer and select:
Build Action -> Embedded Resource

Then use code like this to load it:

using System.Reflecti on;

Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExe cutingAssembly( );
using (Stream stream =
assembly.GetMan ifestResourceSt ream("RTFtest.t estFile.rtf"))
{
richTextBox.Loa dFile(stream, RichTextBoxStre amType.RichText );
}

where 'RTFtest' is the default namespace for the project.

- Magnus

"Tank" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:uI******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I have RichTextBox in my dialog. Currently, I am loading the content

from a

file. Is there anyway to have the text 'binded' to it during compile

time ?

The idea is not to distribute the rtf file when installing the

application.

[Tank]

Thanks. I got it. Please ignore my last post.

"Magnus Krisell" <ma******@NOSPA Mstudent.liu.se > wrote in message
news:O3******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

You can include the RTF file as an embedded resource and load it from
the assembly.

Add the file:
Project -> Add Existing Item

Right click on it in Solution Explorer and select:
Build Action -> Embedded Resource

Then use code like this to load it:

using System.Reflecti on;

Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExe cutingAssembly( );
using (Stream stream =
assembly.GetMan ifestResourceSt ream("RTFtest.t estFile.rtf"))
{
richTextBox.Loa dFile(stream, RichTextBoxStre amType.RichText );
}

where 'RTFtest' is the default namespace for the project.

- Magnus

"Tank" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:uI******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I have RichTextBox in my dialog. Currently, I am loading the content

from a

file. Is there anyway to have the text 'binded' to it during compile

time ?

The idea is not to distribute the rtf file when installing the

application.

[Tank]

Thanks. It works fine that way.

Another question is :

How do I get the default namespace of the project programatically ? The idea
is not to hardcode the parameter "RTFtest.testFi le.rtf" so that I can do
something like this :

assembly.GetMan ifestResourceSt ream(GetDefault ProjNameSpace() +".testFile.rtf "
));

Thanks in advance.
"Magnus Krisell" <ma******@NOSPA Mstudent.liu.se > wrote in message
news:O3******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

You can include the RTF file as an embedded resource and load it from
the assembly.

Add the file:
Project -> Add Existing Item

Right click on it in Solution Explorer and select:
Build Action -> Embedded Resource

Then use code like this to load it:

using System.Reflecti on;

Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExe cutingAssembly( );
using (Stream stream =
assembly.GetMan ifestResourceSt ream("RTFtest.t estFile.rtf"))
{
richTextBox.Loa dFile(stream, RichTextBoxStre amType.RichText );
}

where 'RTFtest' is the default namespace for the project.

- Magnus

"Tank" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:uI******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I have RichTextBox in my dialog. Currently, I am loading the content

from a

file. Is there anyway to have the text 'binded' to it during compile

time ?

The idea is not to distribute the rtf file when installing the

application.