Drawing graphics in textbox / richTextBox

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Can we draw graphics (lines) inside textBox or RitchTextBox.

i.e. we have text inside a RitchTextBox and we want to draw a line between two of the words (selected in text box)

Posted 10-Feb-12 6:59am

zaib_shah88

Updated 10-Feb-12 16:24pm

Chris Maunder775.2K

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2012-02-10T15:56:00

You cannot draw on RichTextBox, but you can add an image through a clipboard.

Please see my past answer:
how to open word file with images and bullets in a rich text box in desktop application.[^].

However, this is so awkward, intrusive (why modifying a Clipboard?) and weak, that I would not recommend to bother.

As to TextBox — just forget it. It would be much easier to make a totally custom control and add some text editing functionality to it. :-)

—SA

Christian Graus · Answer 2 · 2012-02-10T07:05:00

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No. It's not. And owner drawing a textbox is a living hell, so you can't even try that.

Posted 10-Feb-12 7:05am

Christian Graus

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Feb-12 21:57pm

Totally agree about TextBox, but as to the RichTextBox, it's easy to insert an image, as I recently found out and tested -- please see my answer.

However, if you tell me that dealing with this in practice is just stupid, I'll readily agree.
--SA