Is there a way to force a line wrap in VS2010?

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Take this example.

MessageBox.Show("You cannot create an incident and also provide a Case Number\nPlease choose one or the other");

I would like to have it on two lines like this, but without the + operator

MessageBox.Show("You cannot create an incident and also provide a Case Number\n" + 
                "Please choose one or the other");

But I was wondering "is there some escape character where I can do it without the string concatenation?"

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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You can do this (note you cannot indent the second line or the indentation will become part of the string):

MessageBox.Show(@"You cannot create an incident and also provide a Case Number
Please choose one or the other");

But in reality you should not worry about using the + string concatenation as the compiler will optimize it away.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Dec 10 '12 at 15:29

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Tim Schmelter · Answer 2 · 2012-12-10T15:35:35.837

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You could make it a verbatim string:

string msg = @"You cannot create an incident and also provide a Case Number
Please choose one or the other";
MessageBox.Show( msg );

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answered Dec 10 '12 at 15:29

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That will add an extra new line, and cause the second line to be indented quite a bit. – Jon B Dec 10 '12 at 15:33

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 10 '12 at 15:30

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Here you go

MessageBox.Show(@"You cannot create an incident and also provide a Case Number 
Please choose one or the other");

answered Dec 10 '12 at 15:30

Tony Hopkinson

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 10 '12 at 15:31

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Use the following:

MessageBox.Show(string.Format("This is my first line. {0} This is my second line. {0}" +
    "And this is my third line.", Environment.NewLine));

Remember, this only works in certain scenarios. For instance in HTML you'd need to use <br /> instead of Environment.NewLine, but the system is the same.

answered Dec 10 '12 at 15:31

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IMHO this is even uglier, will definitely be a performance hit, and *still* doesn't get rid of the concatenation. – lc. Dec 10 '12 at 15:33
In that case follow the answer of @tim-schmelter, but that does *only* work on Windows machines with Windows Forms' MessageBoxes. The solution I propose can be used also with strings on a .resx file, supplying what the character of NewLine is in every application, such as if you use the same message both in Web and Desktop, for instance. – Isaac Llopis Dec 12 '12 at 10:49
@IsaacLlopis. Only works in messageboxes? It's a string literal, it will work wherever it's in scope. – Tony Hopkinson Dec 14 '12 at 21:56
Environment.NewLine is not a
for instance. If you plan to use the same text for a Web application, \n characters will not be rendered properly because those are not proper formatted New Lines for HTML. – Isaac Llopis Dec 18 '12 at 12:44

Is there a way to force a line wrap in VS2010?

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