asked on 11/30/2015

Proper way to check the length of data entered into a Richtextbox vb6

If Len(rtfTask.Text) < 4 Then
or should it be
If Len(rtfTask.Textrtf) < 4 Then
which should be used ?

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Martin Liss

11/30/2015

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isnoend2001

11/30/2015

ASKER

Thanks

Karrtik Iyer

11/30/2015

Martin, I am interested in understanding the reason, can you please explain, for my knowledge?

Martin Liss

11/30/2015

Let's say you have a RTB called txtEdit and you put this code in a command button.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Debug.Print txtEdit.Text
Debug.Print Len(txtEdit.Text)
Debug.Print
Debug.Print txtEdit.TextRTF
Debug.Print Len(txtEdit.TextRTF)
End Sub

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If you then typed "This is a test" into the RTB you'd see this in the Immediate Window.

This is a test
14

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 MS Sans Serif;}}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17 This is a test
\par }

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As you can see there's quite a difference because the TextRTF contains all the hidden formatting code.

Karrtik Iyer

11/30/2015

Thanks Martin for the nice explanation.

Martin Liss

11/30/2015

You're welcome and I'm glad I was able to help.

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