RTF Property

Gets or sets the rich text content of the control.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property RTF As String

public string RTF {get; set;}

Property Value

A string value. Contents of the RichTextBox control.

Remarks

The RichTextBox control is limited in its support for advanced RTF features such as the ones supported by Microsoft Word. In general, the features supported by WordPad are supported in this control. Tables are now supported as well.

Example

The following example sets the contents of the RichTextBox to a formatted Rich Text string.

this.RichTextBox1.RTF = @"{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 MS Sans Serif;}}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang1033\f0\fs17 Rich Text\par }";

Visual Basic

Me.RichTextBox1.RTF = "{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 MS Sans Serif;}}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang1033\f0\fs17 Rich Text\par }"

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

RichTextBox Class
RichTextBox Members
Text Property