RichTextBox Newline Conversion?

Question

I\'m using a WinForms RichTextBox. It appears that when the RichTextBox is on a form, \\r\\n gets converted to \\n. Here\'s a test:

I hav

Answer 1

The RichTextBox.Text property is converting the assigned string into an rtf document according to the Rtf format codes specified in the RichTextBox.Rtf property. Since the 'rtb' instance is not being initialized the 'Rtf' format codes are empty, and it's just echoing back your input. After 'rtb' is initialized it contains an empty rtf document (with format codes), which is the same (and correct) behavior as 'richTextBox1'.

Results:

preinit  rtb.Rtf : ''
postinit rtb.Rtf : '"{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs17\\par\r\n}\r\n"'
richTextBox1.Rtf : '"{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs17\\par\r\n}\r\n"'
richtextBox1.Rtf with cheese : '"{\\rtf1\\ansi\\deff0{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\lang1033\\f0\\fs17 Cheese\\par\r\nWhiz\\par\r\n}\r\n"'

Code:

void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    TestIt();
}
public void TestIt()
{
    string enl = "Cheese" + Environment.NewLine + "Whiz";

    RichTextBox rtb = new RichTextBox();
    MessageBox.Show("preinit rtb.Rtf : '" + rtb.Rtf + "'");
    this.Controls.Add(rtb);
    MessageBox.Show("postinit rtb.Rtf : '" + rtb.Rtf + "'");
    MessageBox.Show("richTextBox1.Rtf : '" + richTextBox1.Rtf + "'");

    rtb.Text = enl;
    string ncr = rtb.Text;
    MessageBox.Show(string.Format("rtb: {0}{1}{2}{3}---{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}",
                                  enl.Replace("\n", "\\n").Replace("\r", "\\r"), Environment.NewLine,
                                  ncr.Replace("\n", "\\n").Replace("\r", "\\r"), Environment.NewLine,
                                  Environment.NewLine,
                                  (enl == ncr), Environment.NewLine,
                                  enl.Contains(Environment.NewLine), Environment.NewLine,
                                  ncr.Contains(Environment.NewLine)));
    /*
    Cheese\r\nWhiz
    Cheese\nWhiz
    ---
    False
    True
    False
    */
    richTextBox1.Text = enl;
    MessageBox.Show("richTextBox1.Rtf with cheese : '" + richTextBox1.Rtf + "'");
    string ncr2 = richTextBox1.Text;
    MessageBox.Show(string.Format("richTextBox1: {0}{1}{2}{3}---{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}",
                                  enl.Replace("\n", "\\n").Replace("\r", "\\r"), Environment.NewLine,
                                  ncr2.Replace("\n", "\\n").Replace("\r", "\\r"), Environment.NewLine,
                                  Environment.NewLine,
                                  (enl == ncr2), Environment.NewLine,
                                  enl.Contains(Environment.NewLine), Environment.NewLine,
                                  ncr2.Contains(Environment.NewLine)));
    /*
    Cheese\r\nWhiz
    Cheese\nWhiz
    ---
    False
    True
    False
    */
}