Insert a newline character in MText

May 29, 2012

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For MText (.NET) or AcDbMText (ObjectARX C++) entities, the newline character is \P as opposed to the traditional ‘\n’ escape character, so setting the content use \\P C#/C++ (double backslash is interpreted as one) or \P for VB.NET.

(C#)

MText myText = // open me here

myText.Contents = "First line \\P Second line";

(VB.NET)

Dim myText As MText = ‘ open me here

myText.Contents = "First line \P Second line"

For a complete list of multi-line text formatting characters, visit Format Codes for Alternate Text Editor Reference.

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Maxence

August 17, 2015

You can use the MText.LineBreak constant, but this property returns \p (lowercase) and the code needs to be in upper case…
So :
myText.Contents = “First line” + MText.LineBreak.ToUpper() + “Second line”;

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