saving rich text box data!

[Lee]

Hi,

I have a rich text box that can have hyperlinks ect within the text!

when I save this data to file how should I do it? that is can I just save it
as text?

or do I need to serialize it beforehand to preserve the hyperlink info?

thanks in advance

[Lars-Inge Tønnessen \(VJ# MVP\)]

> when I save this data to file how should I do it? that is can I just save

it as text?

If your rich text box is called "richTextBox1", you can load a file like
this:

this.richTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\\Document.rtf");

and save the content with this line:

this.richTextBox1.SaveFile("C:\\newFile.rtf");

Regards,
Lars-Inge Tønnessen

[Lee]

sorry I wasn't very clear,

I am saving the rich text box data as part of an xml file.

thanks
"Lars-Inge Tønnessen (VJ# MVP)" <http://emailme.larsinge.com> wrote in
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when I save this data to file how should I do it? that is can I just save
it as text?

If your rich text box is called "richTextBox1", you can load a file like
this:

this.richTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\\Document.rtf");

and save the content with this line:

this.richTextBox1.SaveFile("C:\\newFile.rtf");

Regards,
Lars-Inge Tønnessen

[Lars-Inge Tønnessen \(VJ# MVP\)]

You get the raw rtf from the "Rtf" method (this.richTextBox1.Rtf).
You would have to code this rtf formatted text into characters that XML can
store. XML can not store all charaters.

Format the rtf as Base64.

this.richTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\\Document.rtf");
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
string StoreMe =
System.Convert.ToBase64String(enc.GetBytes(this.ri chTextBox1.Rtf));
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(StoreMe);

Regards,
Lars-Inge Tønnessen

[Lee]

thanks.. but!

how on earth do I read the Base64 data back into a string?

thanks
"Lars-Inge Tønnessen (VJ# MVP)" <http://emailme.larsinge.com> wrote in
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You get the raw rtf from the "Rtf" method (this.richTextBox1.Rtf).
You would have to code this rtf formatted text into characters that XML
can store. XML can not store all charaters.

Format the rtf as Base64.

this.richTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\\Document.rtf");
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
string StoreMe =
System.Convert.ToBase64String(enc.GetBytes(this.ri chTextBox1.Rtf));
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(StoreMe);

Regards,
Lars-Inge Tønnessen

[Lars-Inge Tønnessen \(VJ# MVP\)]

> how on earth do I read the Base64 data back into a string?

Like this:

this.richTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\\Document.rtf");

// From RTF to Base64
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
string StoreMe =
System.Convert.ToBase64String(enc.GetBytes(this.ri chTextBox1.Rtf));
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(StoreMe);

// Back from Base64 to RTF
byte[] result = System.Convert.FromBase64String(StoreMe);
string RTFString = enc.GetString(result);
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(RTFString);
Regards,
Lars-Inge Tønnessen