Question:
How can I output straight ASCII text from the Rich Text Box control, and NOT Rich text?
Answer:
The SaveFile method of the RichTextBox control can be called with an additional argument: filetype. If you call SaveFile as follows, it will save your text without any RTF tags:
RichTextBox.SaveFile “testfile.txt”, 1
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