How do I fill a textbox with text from a textfile in Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition?

Question

I am making a Help-form for my application. A Help-form normally has a ListView on the left and a RichTextbox on the right. When you click on a Help topic in the ListView, the text in the RichTextbox is supposed to change accordingly. The text file is part of the application's resources.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to load the file into memory, and then put it into a string. When the user clicks the string, TextBox.Value (I think that's the proper property) should be set to the string.

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Answer 2

I got it.

Since the text file is in Resources, I can do this:

Richtextbox1.Text = My.Resources.Textfile