How to copy stringbuilder data to a textbox

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Hello All,

I am copying stringbuilder data to a text box.

for example i have a stringbuilder

C#

stringbuilder sb=new stringbuilder();

sb.appendline("hello how are you")

sb.appendline("hello how are you")

sb.appendline("hello how are you")

sb.Replace("r\n","<br>")

now I am copying it to textbox

textbox.Text=sb.toString();

but on output it inserted <br> tag in textbox text gives result

I need output as

hello how are you<br />
hello how are you<br />
hello how are you

This is working fine if I set to a div like div.innerHtml=sb.tostring();

BUT I need to do that in textbox

Thanks

Posted 12-Apr-13 11:32am

amit2620

Updated 12-Apr-13 13:00pm

PIEBALDconsult

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Maciej Los 12-Apr-13 17:45pm

WebControls, WinForms?

joshrduncan2012 12-Apr-13 17:50pm

Need to insert newlines?

lewax00 12-Apr-13 18:25pm

Are you sure the text box is set to allow multiple lines? And what happens if you don't do the replacement?

PIEBALDconsult 12-Apr-13 19:01pm

"it inserted <br> tag in textbox"

Of course, you told it to. Try it without the Replace.

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Jim Jos · Answer 1 · 2013-04-12T14:27:00

Why you are replacing the line terminator with
. Text box understands the line terminator perfrectly..

The following code works fine..

C#

sb.AppendLine("hello how are you");

            sb.AppendLine("hello how are you");

            sb.AppendLine("hello how are you");


            textBox1.Text = sb.ToString();

is there any reason to use BR Tag? if you want to use HTML tags you need to use a rich text box not the ordinary text Box...

cheers..