Alignment problem displaying .txt file in window's textbox?

17 Jan 2006 4:21 PM

Nina

Hi everyone,

I try to a display a .txt file in window's textbox or rich textbox. The
text file has contents line by line aligned perfectly when using NotePad to
view and print it. But when I display this .txt file in textbox or rich
textbox the alignment all messed up. Please help me to solve this problem.

Thanks in advance.

Nina

17 Jan 2006 4:39 PM

Kerry Moorman

Nina,

Be sure you are using a fixed-pitch font like Courier-New and not a
proportional font for the textbox or rich textbox.

Also be sure the textbox is wide enough to display an entire line without
wordwrapping.

Kerry Moorman

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"Nina" wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I try to a display a .txt file in window's textbox or rich textbox. The
> text file has contents line by line aligned perfectly when using NotePad to
> view and print it. But when I display this .txt file in textbox or rich
> textbox the alignment all messed up. Please help me to solve this problem.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Nina

17 Jan 2006 4:40 PM

Larry Lard

Nina wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I try to a display a .txt file in window's textbox or rich textbox. The
> text file has contents line by line aligned perfectly when using NotePad to
> view and print it. But when I display this .txt file in textbox or rich
> textbox the alignment all messed up. Please help me to solve this problem.

Set the font of the textbox to Courier New (or some other fixed-width
font, eg Lucida Console).

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Larry Lard
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17 Jan 2006 4:42 PM

George Hardy

change the textbox font to something that is monospaced. Courier New is a
truetype font that has the same width for a "I" as a "W". If you use a font
like Arial, then the "I" will be much narrower, and your text alignment is
off.

hth
gh

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"Nina" <N***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I try to a display a .txt file in window's textbox or rich textbox. The
> text file has contents line by line aligned perfectly when using NotePad
> to
> view and print it. But when I display this .txt file in textbox or rich
> textbox the alignment all messed up. Please help me to solve this
> problem.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Nina

17 Jan 2006 5:30 PM

Nina

Thank you so much to all of you. It displays perfectly now.

Thanks again.

Nina

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"George Hardy" wrote:

> change the textbox font to something that is monospaced. Courier New is a
> truetype font that has the same width for a "I" as a "W". If you use a font
> like Arial, then the "I" will be much narrower, and your text alignment is
> off.
>
> hth
> gh
>
>
> "Nina" <N***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E47ACBF2-8DB2-48CE-95D0-626944650473@microsoft.com...
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I try to a display a .txt file in window's textbox or rich textbox. The
> > text file has contents line by line aligned perfectly when using NotePad
> > to
> > view and print it. But when I display this .txt file in textbox or rich
> > textbox the alignment all messed up. Please help me to solve this
> > problem.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Nina
>
>
>