Rich Text Box/ API call question

[babai28]

Hi All,

I had come to think that .Net has ample of classes to fulfil almost every need of a developer.
I have a situation in which I need to insert a table in a rich text box. I tried googling and established that the rtf generated for making a table can be obtained by saving a table drawn in MS word using wordpad and then understand the rtf code generated for table. But that would give a fixed table, unmovable, unstrechable. I made a table in MS word, copied it and pasted it in my application's RichTextBox. The table was again the same type. So it is not just about generation of rtf and appending it to the rtf property of the RichTextBox it should be movable like it is in MSWord and also resizable. This means I need to insert it like an object. Can you please suggest a .Net work around. (Inserting as an object will also solve the problem of inserting images and any object.)
I gathered perhaps API call may help in this scenario but If API call is inevitable can you please suggest which API to call and how?

Thanks in Advance,

P.S. I am working with VS 2005 Windows App.

[madankarmukta]

HI,

The problem you posted is quite interesting.. I will have to investigate over this ..

But before that Some doubts..

1) what is you client requirement says, Do they need to move/change the size of the table you are going to dispaly in Rich text box.. ?
2) why don't you simply use datagrid instead of Richtext box.. so that the client will view the whole data.. can edit anything.. I hope you are much familiar with the datagrid functionaity..

Please Reply.

Thanks!

[babai28]

HI,

The problem you posted is quite interesting.. I will have to investigate over this ..

But before that Some doubts..

1) what is you client requirement says, Do they need to move/change the size of the table you are going to dispaly in Rich text box.. ?
2) why don't you simply use datagrid instead of Richtext box.. so that the client will view the whole data.. can edit anything.. I hope you are much familiar with the datagrid functionaity..

Please Reply.

Thanks!

Hi Madan,

Thank you very much for your interest in my problem.
Regarding your questions here is the answer,
The client requirement is nothing but the development of a window portal that will consist of publication of hand written reports.
Therefore, on technical grounds it has been taken up as, development of a form consisting of fully functional editor control. As you can percieve, datagridview can only display tabular data which may form a part of the report. The report will not always and only consist of tabular data. Therefore the rich text box that I am using will have to be able to insert pictures, objects and tables. Every thing that a complete report consists of. I also have to look up how to enable the rich text printing of the RTB(Rich Text Box) contents.
I wish to enter a table in the rich text box on a tool strip button click just like the MS word does. I understand, moving the table may be a very difficult thing to do. But at least, the user should be able to resize it so that the word wrap and other functionalities get worked up. Moving can be done using the editing keys and all.
I hope I have presented the honest and clear picture to you now.
Let me know if anything else need to be clarified.

Regards,
Siddhartha