Detect Word Wrap character

[Jonathan Smith]

I have a VB app that has a richtextbox with the word wrap set to true. I need
to be able to output the text to a text file, but it just puts the text in
the file as one long line.

How do i replace word wrap (i.e. soft returns) with carriage returns?

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Jonathan Smith" <Jo***********@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I have a VB app that has a richtextbox with the word wrap set to true. I
need
to be able to output the text to a text file, but it just puts the text in
the file as one long line.

How do i replace word wrap (i.e. soft returns) with carriage returns?

A VB6 sample for the textbox control can be found here:

<URL:http://www.activevb.de/tipps/vb6tipps/tipp0098.html>

I assume that this technique can be applied to the richtextbox control too.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Jonathan Smith]

Unfortunately i do not know any german, so i am not exactly sure what that
code is.

At a very simple level, i need to know what Chr() value the wordwrap
character is (e.g. in the same way that carriage return is Chr(13) )

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

"Jonathan Smith" <Jo***********@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I have a VB app that has a richtextbox with the word wrap set to true. I
need
to be able to output the text to a text file, but it just puts the text in
the file as one long line.

How do i replace word wrap (i.e. soft returns) with carriage returns?

A VB6 sample for the textbox control can be found here:

<URL:http://www.activevb.de/tipps/vb6tipps/tipp0098.html>

I assume that this technique can be applied to the richtextbox control too.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Jonathan,

I don't know any Madarin, however if that page was written in Madarin, than
at least I would understand the code.

In German is written that any responsibility of the use of the code is at
the user himself for the rest.

Than there is this.
' Steuerelement: Listen-Steuerelement "List1"
Control Listbox is List1

' Steuerelement: Schaltfläche "Command1"
Control button is Command1

' Steuerelement: Textfeld "Text1"

Control textbox is text1

' Steuerelement: Beschriftungsfeld "Label1"
Control label is Label1.

In my opinion would any developper be able to understand this

In the code is not one word German.

Just my thought,

Cor

[Jonathan Smith]

Having looked at the link again again, i can honestly say that it does not
address my problem at all.

I need to be able to replace wordwrap control chars with carriage returns.

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" wrote:

Jonathan,

I don't know any Madarin, however if that page was written in Madarin, than
at least I would understand the code.

In German is written that any responsibility of the use of the code is at
the user himself for the rest.

Than there is this.
' Steuerelement: Listen-Steuerelement "List1"
Control Listbox is List1

' Steuerelement: Schaltfläche "Command1"
Control button is Command1

' Steuerelement: Textfeld "Text1"

Control textbox is text1

' Steuerelement: Beschriftungsfeld "Label1"
Control label is Label1.

In my opinion would any developper be able to understand this

In the code is not one word German.

Just my thought,

Cor

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Take a richtextboxes lines property.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...linestopic.asp

Ken
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I have a VB app that has a richtextbox with the word wrap set to true. I
need
to be able to output the text to a text file, but it just puts the text in
the file as one long line.

How do i replace word wrap (i.e. soft returns) with carriage returns?

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Addendum:

The code below (quick and dirty) works pretty well here:

\\\
Private Overloads Declare Auto Function SendMessage Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, _
ByVal wMsg As Int32, _
ByVal wParam As Int32, _
ByVal lParam As String _
) As Int32

Private Overloads Declare Auto Function SendMessage Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, _
ByVal wMsg As Int32, _
ByVal wParam As Int32, _
ByVal lParam As Int32 _
) As Int32

Private Const EM_GETLINE As Int32 = &HC4
Private Const EM_GETLINECOUNT As Int32 = &HBA
Private Const MAX_CHAR_PER_LINE As Int32 = &H100
Private Const EM_LINELENGTH As Int32 = &HC1
Private Const EM_LINEINDEX As Int32 = &HBB

Private Function GetLine( _
ByVal Text As TextBoxBase, _
ByVal Line As Integer _
) As String
Dim dwLineStart As Int32 = _
SendMessage(Text.Handle, EM_LINEINDEX, Line, 0)
Dim dwLineLen As Integer = _
SendMessage(Text.Handle, EM_LINELENGTH, dwLineStart, 0)
Dim Buff As String = _
Chr(dwLineLen And &HFF) & _
Chr(dwLineLen / &H100) & _
Space(dwLineLen)
Dim dwLen As Int32 = _
SendMessage(Text.Handle, EM_GETLINE, Line, Buff)
GetLine = Strings.Left(Buff, dwLen)
End Function

Private Sub Button2_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs _
) Handles Button2.Click
Dim Max As Int32
Max = _
SendMessage( _
Me.RichTextBox1.Handle, EM_GETLINECOUNT, 0, 0 _
) - 1
Me.ListBox1.Items.Clear()
For i As Integer = 0 To Max
Me.ListBox1.Items.Add(GetLine(Me.RichTextBox1, i))
Next i
End Sub
///

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsouth.net> schrieb:

Take a richtextboxes lines property.

The 'Lines' property will ony return the lines separated by new line
character sequences.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Jonathan Smith]

Although that code copies the text, it does not maintain any formatting, like
red text, bold text etc..

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

Addendum:

The code below (quick and dirty) works pretty well here:

\\\
Private Overloads Declare Auto Function SendMessage Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, _
ByVal wMsg As Int32, _
ByVal wParam As Int32, _
ByVal lParam As String _
) As Int32

Private Overloads Declare Auto Function SendMessage Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, _
ByVal wMsg As Int32, _
ByVal wParam As Int32, _
ByVal lParam As Int32 _
) As Int32

Private Const EM_GETLINE As Int32 = &HC4
Private Const EM_GETLINECOUNT As Int32 = &HBA
Private Const MAX_CHAR_PER_LINE As Int32 = &H100
Private Const EM_LINELENGTH As Int32 = &HC1
Private Const EM_LINEINDEX As Int32 = &HBB

Private Function GetLine( _
ByVal Text As TextBoxBase, _
ByVal Line As Integer _
) As String
Dim dwLineStart As Int32 = _
SendMessage(Text.Handle, EM_LINEINDEX, Line, 0)
Dim dwLineLen As Integer = _
SendMessage(Text.Handle, EM_LINELENGTH, dwLineStart, 0)
Dim Buff As String = _
Chr(dwLineLen And &HFF) & _
Chr(dwLineLen / &H100) & _
Space(dwLineLen)
Dim dwLen As Int32 = _
SendMessage(Text.Handle, EM_GETLINE, Line, Buff)
GetLine = Strings.Left(Buff, dwLen)
End Function

Private Sub Button2_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs _
) Handles Button2.Click
Dim Max As Int32
Max = _
SendMessage( _
Me.RichTextBox1.Handle, EM_GETLINECOUNT, 0, 0 _
) - 1
Me.ListBox1.Items.Clear()
For i As Integer = 0 To Max
Me.ListBox1.Items.Add(GetLine(Me.RichTextBox1, i))
Next i
End Sub
///

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Jonathan Smith]

If i use the EM_GETLINES call, how do i copy the richtext formatting aswell???

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Jonathan Smith" <Jo***********@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

Although that code copies the text, it does not maintain any formatting,
like
red text, bold text etc..

That's true. I feel sorry, but I currently do not know a way to preserve
the formatting.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>