Saving formatted text in a file using rich text box

Question

I tried to apply formatting on the text in a rich text box and tried to save it. Next time i loaded it, the text was there but with no formatting. Can any boy help? I mean what should i do while saving the formatted text? I have searched over an internet but found a wee bit of the thing like RichTextStreamType.RTF etc but how to use it, no idea please tell me....

Answer 1

The RichTextBox has two different properties to access its content: Text and Rtf.

I suspect that you are using the Text property, which returns only the text without any formatting. Try instead the Rtf property.

Answer 2

Thanks alot but could you please tell me how to use it while saving a file? I am developing an urdu word processing application and i have applied formatting o the text and saved it, next time when i re-loaded it, formatting was gone... No idea what to change.....

Answer 3

To save the contents of the richtextbox, simply execute this line of code:

System.IO.File.WriteAllText(pathToTheFile, richTextBox1.Rtf);

To read the contents from the file, use this:

richTextBox1.Rtf = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(pathToTheFile);

Answer 4

Thanks sir.... I would try this and would let you know about results.....