[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Text Widget Question - setting programma

[Ralf Koban <ralf.koban@xxxxxx>]

Hi Richard,

try the following:

String txt = sometext + "\n" + anothertext;
textfield.setText(txt);

Ralf


Richard Moore schrieb:
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to set the contents of a Multi Text box programmatically, it is
> an address field and the database has the address line 1 to line 8. I would
> like to add each line into the multi line text box line by line. Any ideas ?
> and so maintaining the nice format.
>
>  I have tried using the Text.append method and then at the end
> Text.append(getLineDelimtter() also Text method) but it doesn't work
> correctly, it displays control characters and all 8 lines are on one line.
>
> Thanks in Advance
> R Moore