How to allow user to enter fomated comments in c#

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Hello all..

i have a C# windows application where i am planning to provide user work-area which allows user to enter text which will be stored in database or external file.
is there any windows or 3rd part control wherein user can enter text and format it same way as in this website's "ask Question BOX" where we can make bold, italics and give color to text.

unfortunately if there is no such control , can anyone suggest any ideas as a solution to the above mentioned problem...

and also can i use notepad++ inside my application as a solution to this. if yes please suggest. i was searching on Internet, but failed to get a solution.

Thank you..

Posted 19-Dec-14 1:23am

vikaskallidantheyil

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Solution 1

1.You should use RichTextBox class, that is provided in the .NET library for windows forms application. You can find details about this class in MSDN.[^]

2.More details are also in MSDN: RichTextBox Overview[^]

Posted 19-Dec-14 1:36am

Raul Iloc

Updated 19-Dec-14 2:16am

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Thanks7872 19-Dec-14 7:43am

ReachTextBox ? :-)

Raul Iloc 19-Dec-14 7:57am

Yes, this class provides the functionality of a WordPad editor, but you have to write some code to integrate it.

Thanks7872 19-Dec-14 8:10am

Its RichTextBox,not ReachTextBox.

Raul Iloc 19-Dec-14 8:15am

Your right, thank you for your feedback!

Solution 3

Also see the excellent Fast Colored TextBox control by Pavel Torgashov here on CP: [^]. It is amazingly full-featured.

Pavel has been maintaining and developing this control since 2011, and it is now available using NuGet for a fast install.

Posted 19-Dec-14 3:25am

BillWoodruff

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Lucifier Rocks · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-19T01:37:00

Solution 2

A Windows Forms based text editor with HTML output[^]

download the user control and you will get the required functionality, it returns html that can be saved in the database

Posted 19-Dec-14 1:37am

Lucifier Rocks