Writing Varying-Font Text to an RTF File

[Phil Galey]

From VB.NET, I need to write text to an RTF file, where most of it is words
in one font like arial, but a couple of individual characters along the way
are of a different font, e.g. a solid diamond from the ZapfDingbats font or
a square from the GeographicSymbols font. So it needs to switch fonts four
times along the way.

Does anyone know how this can be done in VB.NET? Thanks.

[Brian Davis]

You can use the RichTextBox object to create the file. Check out the Select
method, the SelectionFont property and the SaveFile method.

Brian Davis
http://www.knowdotnet.com
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From VB.NET, I need to write text to an RTF file, where most of it is words in one font like arial, but a couple of individual characters along the way are of a different font, e.g. a solid diamond from the ZapfDingbats font or a square from the GeographicSymbols font. So it needs to switch fonts four times along the way.

Does anyone know how this can be done in VB.NET? Thanks.

[Brian Davis]

Here's a quick example:

Dim rtb As New RichTextBox
rtb.Text = "This is alpha - a."
rtb.SelectAll()
rtb.SelectionFont = New Font(New FontFamily("Arial"), 12, FontStyle.Regular,
GraphicsUnit.Pixel)
rtb.Select(16, 1)
rtb.SelectionFont = New Font(New FontFamily("Symbol"), 12,
FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)
rtb.SaveFile("test.rtf")
Brian Davis
http://www.knowdotnet.com

"Brian Davis" <br***@knowdotnet.nospam.com> wrote in message
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You can use the RichTextBox object to create the file. Check out the Select method, the SelectionFont property and the SaveFile method.

Brian Davis
http://www.knowdotnet.com
"Phil Galey" <pa*****@starcalif.com.nospam> wrote in message
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From VB.NET, I need to write text to an RTF file, where most of it is

words

in one font like arial, but a couple of individual characters along the

way

are of a different font, e.g. a solid diamond from the ZapfDingbats font

or

a square from the GeographicSymbols font. So it needs to switch fonts

four

times along the way.

Does anyone know how this can be done in VB.NET? Thanks.