Inserting datetime in a rich text box

Question

Greetings. I'm very much a newbie at C#. I've taken a couple of online classes, but I still have very much to learn. I'm developing a small word processor application (just to see if i can do it, and for my own use when it's finished) and I need to know how to insert the DateTime object into a rich text box wherever the cursor happens to be at the time, just like it works in Wordpad. This kind of code is beyond my current understanding. I have most of the functionality of what a typical user would expect from a word processor working reasonably well, but I would love to have this function as part of my program. Thanks for whatever help you can provide and for your time.

Bob C.

Aleksandar Ilioski · Answer

c# is great language :P so I must help you so you continue with learning it.. ;p followint line of code hapens when you press button1.. you can modity it for your own uses.. private void button1_Click(object sender EventArgs e) { int CaretPosition = richTextBox1.SelectionStart; string TextBefore = richTextBox1.Text.Substring(0 CaretPosition); string textAfter = richTextBox1.Text.Substring(CaretPosition); string currentDate =  +DateTime.Now.ToString(dd-MM-yyyy)+ ; //   = blank space so there is blank space before date and after.. you can remove if you want.. //allso you can insert time if you want modigy (dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss).. and you allso have date and time.. richTextBox1.Text = TextBefore + currentDate + textAfter; }

Aleksandar Ilioski · Answer

i am happy that i've helped you.. about cursor class and computing the X & Y axis positions like I said c# is great language.. and you can make great things with simple steps..

Bob Congdon · Answer

Thank You very much Aleksander. I now have it working. I took a portion of what you wrote and used it and Voila  I now have a working dateTime option. I already had the following: DateTime myTime = new DateTime(); myTime = DateTime.Now; string wDateTime =  ; wDateTime = myTime.ToString(g); And then using what you gave me I finished it with: int CaretPosition = rtbMain.SelectionStart; string TextBefore = rtbMain.Text.Substring(0 CaretPosition); string textAfter = rtbMain.Text.Substring(CaretPosition); rtbMain.Text = TextBefore + wDateTime + textAfter; I never realized it would be that simple. I had nightmarish visions of having to go into the cursor class and computing the X & Y axis positions. I'm sure glad I didn't have to do that. Once again thank you. I appreciate your help! Bob C.