is there a richtextbox which behaves likes textarea control in html

[kanak]

hi all
i m tryin to make a messenger application using vb.net
the problem i m facing is ... i have two rich text boxes
one i will type the messgae and another one in which i will display the message along with the user name who send the message...
i want to make the user name bold ... so is there any rich text box in vb.net which accepts html tags
or how to do it ...
can i inherit the text area control from asp.net ... i
how to do it ... i want the window to be like the yahoo chat window ... with user who is sending the message as bold...
anyone help

 

[Ontani]

a richtextbox accepts RTF chars. Try searching for that.

 

[kanak]

what do u mean by RTF chars .. how to make only a part of the text bold which is entered in a text box ... if possible help me with code ..thanks

 

[Ontani]

RichTextBox1.Rtf = "{\rtf1\ansi This is in \b bold\b0.}"

shows: This is in bold.