Change font appearance in label or message box

2012-10-12

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_{Friday, October 12, 2012 4:27 PM}

I use labels and message boxes to give the User information. There are situations where I would like to add underlining or bold type or color within a sentence in the message for emphasis.

I can't find any information on the subject other than a previous post that suggested building a custom message box. The only problem I see there is that the text I put in the custom message box would be held on labels and, I can' find any information indicating if this can be done or not.

Any suggestions?

sirmilt

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_{Friday, October 12, 2012 4:52 PM | 1 vote}

Milt,

As for labels, you might consider Dev Express. The following isn't much to go on but it will show you how it works by supporting HTML:

http://documentation.devexpress.com/#WindowsForms/DevExpressXtraEditorsLabelControl_AllowHtmlStringtopic

You can get those free here:

https://www.devexpress.com/Products/Free/NetOffer/

I don't know of a message box that supports it (including Dev's), but you could use that label and create a form that you show modally which includes the Dev label. It wouldn't be difficult really.

Please call me Frank :)

_{Friday, October 12, 2012 5:25 PM}

a label has a Font property where you can set the Font, Font Size and Bold,Italic, etc

and it has a ForeColor property where you can set the Font Color

are those not working for you?

as an example create an app with 2 Forms.On Form1 put a button, on Form2 put a label. In the code for Form1:

Public Class Form1    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click        Dim frm2 As New Form2        frm2.ShowDialog()    End SubEnd Class

The code for Form2:

Public Class Form2    Private Sub Form2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load        Label1.Text = "this is to change font properties"        Label1.Font = New Font("Arial", 16, FontStyle.Bold Or FontStyle.Underline)        Label1.ForeColor = Color.Red    End SubEnd Class

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_{Friday, October 12, 2012 5:56 PM}

Instead of using a MessageBox you could use a Dialog form

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dialog1.Show()

    End Sub

End Class

Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Dialog1

    Private Sub Dialog1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Me.TopMost = True
        Label1.Text = "This is to change font properties"
        Label1.Font = New Font("Arial", 16, FontStyle.Underline)
        Label1.ForeColor = Color.Red
        Me.Width = Label1.Width + 30
    End Sub

    Private Sub OK_Button_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles OK_Button.Click
        Me.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub Cancel_Button_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Cancel_Button.Click
        Me.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub Label1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Label1.Click

    End Sub
End Class

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_{Friday, October 12, 2012 6:57 PM}

Thank you all for the quick responses.

Obviously, I didn't explain my situation very well, let me try a different scenario.

I want to fill the label a sentence like this "If the situation is Yes then do this. If the situation is No then do that"

Looks simple enough but I can't figure out how to program the underline and bold within the string statement.

sirmilt

_{Friday, October 12, 2012 7:11 PM}

Thank you all for the quick responses.

Obviously, I didn't explain my situation very well, let me try a different scenario.

I want to fill the label a sentence like this "If the situation is Yes then do this. If the situation is No then do that"

Looks simple enough but I can't figure out how to program the underline and bold within the string statement.

sirmilt

Please call me Frank :)

_{Friday, October 12, 2012 7:34 PM}

within a sentence in the message for emphasis.

my apologies, Milt

you did say "within" a sentence - I missed the within

the only out-of-the-box control you would be able to do this in is a RichtextBox

if you want to use a label, you'd need a third party control as Frank showed

or you could get really adventurous and create a custom label yourself

“This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of Microsoft, its employees, or other MVPs.”

_{Friday, October 12, 2012 8:04 PM}

I decided on the Dialog box solution, Its a little more effort but gives me what I want.

I'm never used the RichTextBox but am going towork with it and hopefully I'll end up with the solution that I want.

sirmilt

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