You can load an RTF file or an HTML file into the ActiveReports RichText control at run time.

Caution: Do not attempt to load a file into a RichTextBox in a section that repeats. After the first iteration of the section, the RTF or HTML file is in use by that first iteration and returns "file in use" errors when the section is processed again.

To write an RTF file to load into a RichText control

Open WordPad, and paste the following formatted text and table into it.
Paste into an RTF File
Customer List by Country

Argentina
- Rancho grande
- Océano Atlántico Ltda.
- Cactus Comidas para llevar
Austria
- Piccolo und mehr
- Ernst Handel
Belgium
- Suprêmes délices
- Maison Dewey
Brazil
- Familia Arquibaldo
- Wellington Improtadora
- Que Delícia
- Tradição Hipermercados
- Ricardo Adocicados
- Hanari Carnes
- Queen Cozinha
- Comércio Mineiro
- Gourmet Lanchonetes
Month Sales

October $4,872

November $8,517

December $9,623
Save the file as sample.rtf in the debug directory in the bin folder of your project.

Month	Sales
October	$4,872
November	$8,517
December	$9,623

To load the RTF file into the RichText control

Double-click the detail section of the report to create an event-handling method for the Detail Format event.
Add code to the handler to load the RTF file into the RichText control.

Note: The Application.Startup path code does not work in preview mode. You must run the project in order to see the file load.

The following example shows what the code for the method looks like.

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Dim streamRTF As New System.IO.FileStream(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + "\sample.rtf", System.IO.FileMode.Open) Me.RichTextBox1.Load(streamRTF, RichTextType.Rtf)

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System.IO.FileStream streamRTF = new System.IO.FileStream(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + "\\sample.rtf", System.IO.FileMode.Open); this.RichTextBox1.Load(streamRTF, RichTextType.Rtf);

To write a quick HTML file to load into a RichText control

Open Notepad and paste the following code into it.

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<html> <body> <center><h1>Customer List by Country</h1></center> <h1>Argentina</h1> <ul> <li>Rancho grande <li>Océano Atlántico Ltda. <li>Cactus Comidas para llevar </ul> <h1>Austria</h1> <ul> <li>Piccolo und mehr <li>Ernst Handel </ul> <h1>Belgium</h1> <ul> <li>Suprêmes délices <li>Maison Dewey </ul> <h1>Brazil</h1> <ul> <li>Familia Arquibaldo <li>Wellington Improtadora <li>Que Delícia <li>Tradição Hipermercados <li>Ricardo Adocicados <li>Hanari Carnes <li>Queen Cozinha <li>Comércio Mineiro <li>Gourmet Lanchonetes </ul> <table> <tr><th>Month</th><th>Sales</th></tr> <tr><td>October</td><td>$4,872</td></tr> <tr><td>November</td><td>$8,517</td></tr> <tr><td>December</td><td>$9,623</td></tr> </table> </body> </html>

HTML code. Paste in a NotePad file.

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<html>
<body>
<center><h1>Customer List by Country</h1></center>
<h1>Argentina</h1>
<ul>
<li>Rancho grande
<li>Océano Atlántico Ltda.
<li>Cactus Comidas para llevar
</ul>
<h1>Austria</h1>
<ul>
<li>Piccolo und mehr
<li>Ernst Handel
</ul>
<h1>Belgium</h1>
<ul>
<li>Suprêmes délices
<li>Maison Dewey
</ul>
<h1>Brazil</h1>
<ul>
<li>Familia Arquibaldo
<li>Wellington Improtadora
<li>Que Delícia
<li>Tradição Hipermercados
<li>Ricardo Adocicados
<li>Hanari Carnes
<li>Queen Cozinha
<li>Comércio Mineiro
<li>Gourmet Lanchonetes
</ul>
<table>
<tr><th>Month</th><th>Sales</th></tr>
<tr><td>October</td><td>$4,872</td></tr>
<tr><td>November</td><td>$8,517</td></tr>
<tr><td>December</td><td>$9,623</td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Save the file as sample.html in the debug directory in the bin folder of your project.

Loading the HTML file into a RichText control

Double-click the detail section of the report to create an event-handling method for the Detail Format event.
Add code to the handler to load the HTML file into the RichText control.