Text Box autoscroll when filling with data 1

[StellaIndigo]

Hi

This maybe a simple solution to something I've lost the plot with,

I have a text box on a form that is filled with status data as a process is running. The box fills OK (normally with 900 lines of status data) It has 10 lines of text in view.

My problem is that the box does not Autoscroll as lines are add beyond the viewable area. I have to wait until the end of the process before I can manually drag the slider down to the bottom line of data. What I need is for the last line added to be in view.

I'm Application.DoEvenets() so,

me.txtStatusData = txtLastStatusMessage
Application.DoEvents()

Am I missing something???

Thanks

Stella

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Stella

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[jebenson]

me.txtStatusData = txtLastStatusMessage

'move cursor to end of text
me.txtStatusData.SelectionStart = me.txtStatusData.Text.Length

Application.DoEvents()

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[PsychoCoder]

StellaIndigo,

This is the code I use to do the exact same thing:

'Set the Caret to the last character in the textbox
txtHostResponse.SelectionStart = txtHostResponse.TextLength
'Scroll to the Caret
txtHostResponse.ScrollToCaret()
Application.DoEvents()

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[cjelec]

Why don't you use a list box?

 

[StellaIndigo]

thanks for the feedback. the select then move to caret does work.

there is a slight display error with this method you see the first lines flicker in the view when the select move runs but it's ok for my needs.

might try a list box to resolve this issue for future reference.

thanks again.

Regards
Stella

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