SelectionCharOffset Property

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Gets or sets a value indicating where text in the control appears on the baseline, as a superscript or as a subscript below the baseline.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property SelectionCharOffset As Single

public float SelectionCharOffset {get; set;}

Property Value

A number that specifies the character offset in inches.

The value of this property must be between -2000 and 2000.

If this property is set to zero, the text appears on the baseline. If it is a positive number, the number specifies the number of inches by which to raise the text selection above the baseline. If it is a negative number, this number specifies the number of inches by which to subscript the text selection. You can use this property to specify text as superscript or subscript.

Example

private void detail_Format(object sender, System.EventArgs eArgs)
{
    if (this.rtbActiveReport.Find("footnote") != -1)
    {
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionStart = this.rtbActiveReport.Find("footnote");
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionLength = 11;
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionCharOffset = .05f;
    }
}

Visual Basic

Private Sub Detail1_Format(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Detail1.Format
    If Not Me.rtbActiveReport.Find("footnote") = -1 Then
        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionStart = Me.rtbActiveReport.Find("footnote")
        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionLength = 11
        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionCharOffset = 0.05
    End If
End Sub

Reference

RichTextBox Class
RichTextBox Members

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