> If the user types some text into a rich textbox, i need to know how many
> lines there are in the control.
> Note, I'm not interested in counting the number of the carriage returns or
> line feeds.
>
> Suppose, the rich text is the height of a textbox (can view only one line
at
> a time), then if the user keeps typing and word wrap = TRUE and multi line
=
> TRUE, then it goes to the new line.
> What i'd like to do is to automatically increase the height of the rich
> textbox control to display all the text (increasing the height of the
> control as and when needed).
> But by default the height will be for one row (one line only).
>
> How can i do this?
>
>

> RichTextBox1.Lines.Length should get you the number of lines

> "Peter Proost" <pproost@nospam.hotmail.com> schrieb:
> > RichTextBox1.Lines.Length should get you the number of lines
>
> This property will actually return the number of physical lines, not the
> number of lines shown on the screen.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
>

> Hi Herfried, I see what you mean, I was to fast reading the op's post.
>
> Greetz Peter
>
> --
> Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
> bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
> bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)
>
> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> schreef in bericht
> news:#rJ0hLRFGHA.752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > "Peter Proost" <pproost@nospam.hotmail.com> schrieb:
> > > RichTextBox1.Lines.Length should get you the number of lines
> >
> > This property will actually return the number of physical lines, not the
> > number of lines shown on the screen.
> >
> > --
> > M S Herfried K. Wagner
> > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
> >
>
>

> Forget my first answer, this example by Herfried should help you
>
> http://groups.google.be/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/dc907
> 1779b6c7e98

> Peter,
>
> "Peter Proost" <pproost@nospam.hotmail.com> schrieb:
> > Forget my first answer, this example by Herfried should help you
> >
> >
http://groups.google.be/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/dc907
> > 1779b6c7e98
>
> ;-)
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
>

> Peter,
>
> We saw it, there was somebody asking something with the nick PeterPr
however
> I was in doubt if it was you and therefore I did not taken that time in it
> as it was if it was you.
>
> Cor
>
>

"Peter Proost" <pproost@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uTwTbQSFGHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Forget my first answer, this example by Herfried should help you
>
> http://groups.google.be/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/dc907
> 1779b6c7e98
>
>
> hth Greetz Peter
>
>
> --
> Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
> bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
> bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)
>
> "Peter Proost" <pproost@nospam.hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
> news:ur4wXVRFGHA.3176@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Herfried, I see what you mean, I was to fast reading the op's post.
>>
>> Greetz Peter
>>
>> --
>> Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
>> bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to
>> produce
>> bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)
>>
>> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> schreef in bericht
>> news:#rJ0hLRFGHA.752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > "Peter Proost" <pproost@nospam.hotmail.com> schrieb:
>> > > RichTextBox1.Lines.Length should get you the number of lines
>> >
>> > This property will actually return the number of physical lines, not
>> > the
>> > number of lines shown on the screen.
>> >
>> > --
>> > M S Herfried K. Wagner
>> > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
>> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
>> >
>>
>>
>
>