MessageBox and \r\n

buzzc4 · 14th March 2001, 15:36

Can a \r\n be inserted into a MessageBox's msgtext? I've tried it and it only appears plain text. I have a large message and right now it looks sort of ugly all spread out. Any one know how to do this?

Also btw, html code is on for this forum...dunno if that was intentional.

hoirkman · 15th March 2001, 19:57

use the ascii codes [pseudocode: chr(13)+chr(10)]. i guess this will work:

code:
char cr = 13; //carriage return

char lf = 10; //line feed



MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("text to display in line 1"+cr+lf+"text to display in line 2"), ...);

there could be problems with using the MFC CString class because there are differences between CString and char* in how the text is interpreted. try to use the windows api function ... maybe then it works without the code shown above

Kaboon · 15th March 2001, 20:42

Quote:

Originally posted by buzzc4
Also btw, html code is on for this forum...dunno if that was intentional.

Nope it wasn't. It's fixed allready. Thanks for warning us.

15th March 2001, 19:57	#2
hoirkman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 171	use the ascii codes [pseudocode: chr(13)+chr(10)]. i guess this will work: code: char cr = 13; //carriage return char lf = 10; //line feed MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("text to display in line 1"+cr+lf+"text to display in line 2"), ...); there could be problems with using the MFC CString class because there are differences between CString and char* in how the text is interpreted. try to use the windows api function ... maybe then it works without the code shown above

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14th March 2001, 15:36	#1
buzzc4 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 4	Can a \r\n be inserted into a MessageBox's msgtext? I've tried it and it only appears plain text. I have a large message and right now it looks sort of ugly all spread out. Any one know how to do this? Also btw, html code is on for this forum...dunno if that was intentional.