Thread: searching text in richtextbox

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    searching text in richtextbox

    Hi:
    I was trying to find the required text in richtextBox, just like the find function in the office.
    I've used indexof(), but it was not fitting the exact text, if the word in richtextBox is longer than the searching text, it also returns.
    and I don't know how to search the whole content in richtextBox, it always stopped when found the first fitted text and how to hightlight the matched texts or set colors to them?

    Thank you!
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    Ok, I've known the ways of finding the text in richtextBox, but the only problem I get is that it always stops when the text is matched, and not going to continue searching, what should i do?
    thanks
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    If the first you find is not what you need, continue the search and specify the index+1 you found on the first try as second parameter. Build a loop to find all.
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    so, you mean the parameter for richtextbox.Find() function?
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    I was refering to the IndexOf method. Look it up on www.msdn.microsoft.com
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