displaying line number in rich text box c#

Question

I have a Multiline richtextbox control into which i want to integrate the feature of adding a line number. i have considered many approaches

1. Add a label and updating the line numbers as the line count changes
2. Add a picturebox along with to draw string on it.
3. Add another textbox along with and show line numbers on it
4. Add listbox along and display line numbers in it.

I got two doubts.

1. The richtextbox which i'm using is a custom made control and derieves from RichTextBox class. How can i add multiple controls to it.
2. What is the best approach to show line numbers for the multiline text in c#

Answer 1

You could take a look at these articles to see how they implemented it:

LineNumbers for the RichTextBox
Numbering lines of RichTextBox in .NET 2.0

Answer 2

The example given above is great for VB.Net applications however if you need one for C# here is an example below.

Line Numbers for RichText Control in C#

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/Line_Numbers_for_RichText.aspx

Answer 3

My own example. All is fine, but wordwrap must be disabled :(

    int maxLC = 1; //maxLineCount - should be public
    private void rTB_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        int linecount = rTB.GetLineFromCharIndex( rTB.TextLength ) + 1;
        if (linecount != maxLC)
        {
            tB_line.Clear();
            for (int i = 1; i < linecount+1; i++)
            {
                tB_line.AppendText(Convert.ToString(i) + "\n");
            }
            maxLC = linecount;
        }
    }

where rTB is my richtextbox and tB is textBox next to rTB

J.T. jr