Some Small Problems That I Need Some Help With...

[n00b!ICU]

Hoy there fellas, I have this little problem here..... Im stuck with a text-line problem, so here it goes:

I want to code an app which automatically selects a new line for each lets say 12 chars has been written, and then continue so on....

Anyone with any suggestions that might could help me out?

/Dearest, n00b

[Pimp.exe]

Well without knowing exactly what your doing it's hard to say. Are you wanting like an array split or just a loop and process 12 at a time?

[n00b!ICU]

I want a some sorta loop that processes 12 chars at each time....

That beeing said, I mean ofc that i want the code to work while im typing into the textbox....

/n00b

[Teddy Rogers]

Like a line break?

Ted.

[ChupaChu]

cant you yust "count" length of entered text, and when its dividable with 12 (or whatever you need) just add new line character to it?!

[n00b!ICU]

As Ted said, like a line break wich is automatic

@ChupaChu:

Well, that has been my solution so far - but as we all know, that would not work properly as it will by "accident" divide some of the written text

@EVERYONE:

A good solution for this errornous problem would be much appreciated, thx

/Regards, n00b

[oricode]

Did you try and use the TextChanged property? In that, for the current line of that textbox/richtextbox you can count the entered characters, and if that is 12 then textbox1.Text += Environment.Newline;

Think this should help.

Oricode.

[n00b!ICU]

@oricode:

Thought of that, and tested ofc MANY times - but as you can imagine, it didnt exactly work:

for (int i = 0; i < textBox2.Lines.Length; i++)

{

if (textBox2.Lines.Length == 12)

{

textBox2.Text += Environment.NewLine;

}

}

It will only ****-up, and stop working.... So im still stuck im afraid :/

/n00b

[ChupaChu]

why it stops working?

does it mean that iw works ok until "some" event accours?

[n00b!ICU]

Well, its stops working because it cannot read from "current" line only....

That is my biggest issue, and therefor Im seeking help for it

/n00b

[oricode]

Ok that code won't work. Because it will enter an infinite loop on each text change and hang! Try this instead, somewhat "not-so perfect", but working 100% for your problem.

Declare globally ,  int j=0;
for (int i = 0; i < textBox1.Lines.Length; i++)
			{
				if (j == i)
				{
					if (textBox1.Lines[i].Length == 12)
					{
						SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}");
						j = i+1;
					}
				}
			 }

If you want to improvise it you can have a look here :

http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/textbox_line_limit.asp

Oricode.

Edited November 23, 2007 by oricode

[n00b!ICU]

@Oricode:

Thx alot mate, helps me very much

Now I need to figure the more advanced parts out myself somehow

/n00b