MsgBox() Function wont continue text onto next line 1

[Sesami]

I can't seem to get text to continue on to the next line. In other words, I need to create a list of things in a message box, instead of creating one long line. For example, I need to display BMI ranges like this:

<18.5 Underweight
18.5-25 Normal
25-30 Overweight
ect...

The message box displays it like this: &quot;<18.5 Underweight 18.5-25 Normal 25-30 Overweight&quot;

I would really appreciate it if anyone could give me some tips on how to fix this problem. Thanks a lot.

Sesami

 

[RebeccaLynn]

This should help

Dim myText As String

Dim wrap As String = chr(10) & chr(13)

myText = &quot;<18.5 Underweight&quot; & wrap & &quot;18.5-25 Normal&quot; & wrap & &quot;25-30 Overweight&quot;

MsgBox(myText, MsgBoxStyle.OKOnly)

Good luck.


Becca

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[Paszt]

I'm new to VB.net myself. I have always used the constant vbCrLf, I quess I saw it in a code example somewhere in the net when I first started with VB.net.

From the good ol' Object Browser:

Public Const vbCrLf As String = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbCrLf
Member of Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants

Summary:
vbCrLf - Chr(13) + Chr(10) Carriage return/linefeed character combination.


The code could be simplified as follows:

Dim myText As String
myText = &quot;<18.5 Underweight&quot; & vbCrLf & &quot;18.5-25 Normal&quot; & vbCrLf & &quot;25-30 Overweight&quot;
MsgBox(myText, MsgBoxStyle.OKOnly)

I have always used this constant and just now found that it is part of the Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants namespace. These constants are declared as Public, therefore you don't need to explicitly qualify the namespace and can use them anywhere in your code.

Here is a link to a list of the constants in the namespace:

http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/ref/ns/microsoft.visualbasic/c/constants/constants.aspx

-Stephen Paszt

 

[RebeccaLynn]

Thanks for that link Stephen, it will be very helpful in the future.


Becca

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[jonbatts]

I use vbNewLine

MsgBox("<18.5 Underweight" & vbNewLine & "18.5-25 Normal" & vbNewLine & "25-30 Overweight")

 

[ca8msm]

jonbatts - If you want to use the .NET Framework you should use:

        MessageBox.Show("Hello" & System.Environment.NewLine & "Everybody")

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[chrissie1]

actually your all wrong except ca8msm who is very close ubt I think this is better.

controlchars.crlf is the new way to go.

vbcrlf is the old way and is bound to disappear sometime soon.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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