Nearly everything about the the newest version of the RichTextBox has changed except its purpose as a formatting text editor control. Find out how you can take advantage of the new features.
by David Talbot
May 23, 2007
he RichTextBox component in WPF/.NET 3.0 received a major upgrade compared to the previous version of the RichTextBox control that shipped with.NET 2.0. But with the expanded capability comes the need for additional APIs and different usage patterns. This article explores some of the advanced features of the WPF RichTextBox from both a XAML-based design standpoint, and explores how to work with it using C# code.
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he RichTextBox component in WPF/.NET 3.0 received a major upgrade compared to the previous version of the RichTextBox control that shipped with.NET 2.0. But with the expanded capability comes the need for additional APIs and different usage patterns. This article explores some of the advanced features of the WPF RichTextBox from both a XAML-based design standpoint, and explores how to work with it using C# code.
