I am writing some text in a multiline text box to a database . When I
display this in a label all the breaks have disappeared. I will be using
formviews a lot so I need a solution that works with bound data. In ASP I
used to use the replace function to replace chr(13) with "<br>". I am not
sure the how to do this in .net. Is there some simple setting or do I have
create my own version of a label and overide an event. I am a little unsure
of how to do this. Regards, Chris.

"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am writing some text in a multiline text box to a database . When I
>display this in a label all the breaks have disappeared. I will be using
>formviews a lot so I need a solution that works with bound data. In ASP I
>used to use the replace function to replace chr(13) with "<br>". I am not
>sure the how to do this in .net. Is there some simple setting or do I have
>create my own version of a label and overide an event. I am a little unsure
>of how to do this. Regards, Chris.


string strText = "This is a multiline label\\r\\nwith a line break";
MyLabel.Text = strText.Replace(\\r\\n, "<br />");


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Is there any way of building a composite control and overiding its databound
(I'm guessing the event name) so I can use the label without do the code all
the time? Bear in mind I am quite new the .net. Regards, Chris.

"Mark Rae" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>I am writing some text in a multiline text box to a database . When I
>>display this in a label all the breaks have disappeared. I will be using
>>formviews a lot so I need a solution that works with bound data. In ASP I
>>used to use the replace function to replace chr(13) with "<br>". I am not
>>sure the how to do this in .net. Is there some simple setting or do I have
>>create my own version of a label and overide an event. I am a little
>>unsure of how to do this. Regards, Chris.
>
>
> string strText = "This is a multiline label\\r\\nwith a line break";
> MyLabel.Text = strText.Replace(\\r\\n, "<br />");
>
>
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> http://www.markrae.net

"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there any way of building a composite control and overiding its
> databound (I'm guessing the event name) so I can use the label without do
> the code all the time? Bear in mind I am quite new the .net.

You could build a control if you wanted to, but I can't really see that it
would save you any time and/or code...

However, it might be worthwhile as a learning exercise:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...ite+control%22


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your own control is a good solution and pretty simple:


public class MultiLineLabel : Label
{
override string Text
{
get {return base.Text;}
set {base.Text = value.Replace("\\r\\n","<br />"); }
}
}


-- bruce (sqlwork.com)



Chris wrote:
> Is there any way of building a composite control and overiding its databound
> (I'm guessing the event name) so I can use the label without do the code all
> the time? Bear in mind I am quite new the .net. Regards, Chris.
>
> "Mark Rae" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I am writing some text in a multiline text box to a database . When I
>>> display this in a label all the breaks have disappeared. I will be using
>>> formviews a lot so I need a solution that works with bound data. In ASP I
>>> used to use the replace function to replace chr(13) with "<br>". I am not
>>> sure the how to do this in .net. Is there some simple setting or do I have
>>> create my own version of a label and overide an event. I am a little
>>> unsure of how to do this. Regards, Chris.
>>
>> string strText = "This is a multiline label\\r\\nwith a line break";
>> MyLabel.Text = strText.Replace(\\r\\n, "<br />");
>>
>>
>> --
>> http://www.markrae.net
>
>