scrolling to end of multiline textbox 1

[JohnVogel]

I have a multi-line textbox control on my form. I am programmatically entering text into the text box with Textbox1.Text = "this text" & vbNewLine & "next line" etc.

I have the Verticle Scroll bars set on the textbox.

What I would like to know is how to automaticall scroll the text to the bottom of the textbox as new text is added.



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[JohnYingling]

First replace
Textbox1.Text = "this text" & vbNewLine & "next line" etc.
with
Textbox.Append(vbNewLine & "next line")

or
Textbox.Append(vbNewLine)
Textbox.Append("next line")

Then
Textbox.SelectionStart = TextBox.TextLength

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[JohnYingling]

Ooops
I thought that
Textbox1.Text = "this text" & vbNewLine & "next line" etc.
was
Textbox1.Text = Textbox1.Text & vbNewLine & "next line"

Anyway, keep Append in mind and Textbox1.TextLength not
Textbox1.Text.Length

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[JohnVogel]

Thanks, John. You must have read my mind, too, about the textbox1.Text = Textbox1.Text & vbNewLine (etc.) Because I was appending and I didn't even know there was a TextBox1.Append... Well, that's much easier. Thanks also for the answer to my post Textbox.SelectionStart = TextBox.TextLength was just what I needed.

Take care!

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[JohnVogel]

oops, I spoke to soon. It sounded right, though, but it's still not scrolling to the end of the text.

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[JohnYingling]

Oops

Textbox must have focus.

"Note You can programmatically move the caret within the text box by setting the SelectionStart to the position within the text box where you want the caret to move to and set the SelectionLength property to a value of zero (0). The text box must have focus in order for the caret to be moved."

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[JohnVogel]

Thanks, I should have known about that focus, I learned that in VB6 :-D

Thanks again for the tip, it's working beautifully now.

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