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[mikem]

How to force a new line to display on screen

How can I force a new line to display on screen, I've tried
controlcharacter. nl vbcr vbcrlf etc
mikem

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

you mean a new line in a textbox or label?

for that use ControlChars.NewLine

as in:
Textbox1.Text = "This is Line 1" & ControlChars.NewLine & "Here's Line 2"

 

[mikem]

I have a long sequence of characters in a file , and I want to format it on the screen display

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

i'll assum you're using a textbox (or richtextbox)

click on the textbox and in the designer go to the properties window make sure multiline is set to true then drop down the scrollbars option and select vertical this will cause the words to go to the next line if the line is too long to fit visibly in the textbox without using the horizontal scrollbar