Copy text from RichTextBox into .txt problem

[Kryten]

Hi,

This has GOT to be an encoding problem but I just can't see how to
work around it right now.

I'm grabbing all the text out of a multiline RichTextBox into a
variable Eg:-

$r = $RichTextBox2.Text

Where in the RichTextbox itself the text looks like

line 1 from richtextbox
line 2 from richtextbox
line 3 from richtextbox

Now, when I try to add-content to a .txt with -value $r
the .txt looks like:-
line1 from richtextbox[]line2 from richtextbox[]line 3 from
richtextbox[]

I've tried using out-file to -append the content to the .txt so that I
can use the -encoding ASCII parameter
but it yields exactly the same result. :-(

When I look at the raw hex I see that there is a 00 0A 00 between the
lines, that is, between the x in box and the l in line.

Any suggestions as to how I could render this in a .txt accurately?

Cheers,
Stuart

PS - I note that if I copy the lines out of .the txt and paste back
into the richtextbox the formatting is perfect, which I suppose is to
be expected.

Eg back to:-

line 1 from richtextbox
line 2 from richtextbox
line 3 from richtextbox

[Marco Shaw [MVP]]

Kryten wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This has GOT to be an encoding problem but I just can't see how to
> work around it right now.
>
> I'm grabbing all the text out of a multiline RichTextBox into a
> variable Eg:-
>
> $r = $RichTextBox2.Text

Would you mind providing more of your code? You may get help more
quickly that way...

Marco

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[Kryten]

> Would you mind providing more of your code?  You may get help more
> quickly that way...
>
> Marco
>
> --
> *Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Admin Frameworkshttps://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Marco.Shaw
> *PowerShell Co-Community Director -http://www.powershellcommunity.org
> *Blog -http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com

Hi Marco,
Sorry I should have included a lot more code in my post.
Actually I think I've found a workaround. Using a standard textbox
does not produce the same undesirable effect.
I wonder what the differences are between them..? Anyway I'm happy
again now :-))

Thanks,
Stuart

[Jeff]

Stuart,

If you still want to use a RichTextBox, both of the following
approaches work just fine for me:

$textbox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox

$textbox.text = @"
line one
line two
line three
"@

# 1
$textbox.Lines |
Foreach-Object { Add-Content -Path text.txt -Value $_ }

# 2
$text = [string]::Join( "`r`n", $textbox.Lines )

Add-Content -Path text.txt -Value $text

Jeff

[Kryten]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for that :-)
Tried #1 and it works perfectly here too. I've saved both methods for
future reference.

At the moment the Textbox is doing everything I need but if I have to
revert to a RichTextBox I'll be happier about it.

Cheers,
Stuart