Chat Window Challenges - Visual Basic .NET

Rlrcstr

Greetings, All... I'm writing an internet enabled game and I'm working on
the chat engine. I'm using a RichTextBox as the chat message display window
so I can easily display text in several colors. One of the problems is: in
order to scroll the text box to ensure that the most recently posted message
is visible, I have to give the RichTextBox focus. Even though I can switch
focus back to whatever control had it before the update, it is really
annoying to anyone using the other parts of the game interface.

Can anyone give me some advice as to the best way to handle continuous chat
in an environment like this? Is there a better way than the RichTextBox?
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Jerry

Nov 20 '05 #1

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CJ Taylor

How are you setting the text?

"Rlrcstr" <rl*****@msn.com> wrote in message
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Greetings, All... I'm writing an internet enabled game and I'm working on
the chat engine. I'm using a RichTextBox as the chat message display window so I can easily display text in several colors. One of the problems is: in order to scroll the text box to ensure that the most recently posted message is visible, I have to give the RichTextBox focus. Even though I can switch focus back to whatever control had it before the update, it is really
annoying to anyone using the other parts of the game interface.

Can anyone give me some advice as to the best way to handle continuous chat in an environment like this? Is there a better way than the RichTextBox?
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Jerry

Nov 20 '05 #2

Jerry Camel

I'm setting the insertion point and color and using the AppenText method.
Then I'm calling the ScrollToCaret method, but that only works if the
control has the focus.

I know there's got to be a way to do this, I see it all the time, but for
some reason I just can't figure it out...

Jerry

"CJ Taylor" <no****@blowgoats.com> wrote in message
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How are you setting the text?

"Rlrcstr" <rl*****@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ex**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Greetings, All... I'm writing an internet enabled game and I'm working on the chat engine. I'm using a RichTextBox as the chat message display

window
so I can easily display text in several colors. One of the problems is:

in
order to scroll the text box to ensure that the most recently posted

message
is visible, I have to give the RichTextBox focus. Even though I can

switch
focus back to whatever control had it before the update, it is really
annoying to anyone using the other parts of the game interface.

Can anyone give me some advice as to the best way to handle continuous

chat
in an environment like this? Is there a better way than the RichTextBox? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Jerry

Nov 20 '05 #3

CJ Taylor

Wish I could say I had experience with it. I would say that maybe you could
raise an event after its been updated to set the focus back to another
control. Or find another method besides scrolltocaret, I wish I could give
better advice than that..

"Jerry Camel" <rl*****@msn.com> wrote in message
news:uz**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I'm setting the insertion point and color and using the AppenText method.
Then I'm calling the ScrollToCaret method, but that only works if the
control has the focus.

I know there's got to be a way to do this, I see it all the time, but for
some reason I just can't figure it out...

Jerry

"CJ Taylor" <no****@blowgoats.com> wrote in message
news:vs***********@corp.supernews.com...
How are you setting the text?

"Rlrcstr" <rl*****@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ex**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Greetings, All... I'm writing an internet enabled game and I'm
working
on the chat engine. I'm using a RichTextBox as the chat message display

window
so I can easily display text in several colors. One of the problems
is:
in
order to scroll the text box to ensure that the most recently posted

message
is visible, I have to give the RichTextBox focus. Even though I can

switch
focus back to whatever control had it before the update, it is really
annoying to anyone using the other parts of the game interface.

Can anyone give me some advice as to the best way to handle continuous

chat
in an environment like this? Is there a better way than the

RichTextBox? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Jerry

Nov 20 '05 #4

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