How to convert a string to RTF in C#?

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How do I convert the string \"Européen\" to the RTF-formatted string \"Europ\\\'e9en\"?

[TestMethod]
public void Convert_A_         


        

Answer 1

This is how I went:

private string ConvertString2RTF(string input)
{
    //first take care of special RTF chars
    StringBuilder backslashed = new StringBuilder(input);
    backslashed.Replace(@"\", @"\\");
    backslashed.Replace(@"{", @"\{");
    backslashed.Replace(@"}", @"\}");

    //then convert the string char by char
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    foreach (char character in backslashed.ToString())
    {
        if (character <= 0x7f)
            sb.Append(character);
        else
            sb.Append("\\u" + Convert.ToUInt32(character) + "?");
    }
    return sb.ToString();
}

I think using a RichTextBox is:
1) overkill
2) I don't like RichTextBox after spending days of trying to make it work with an RTF document created in Word.