Formatting a List box

[Guest Danno]

I have a string and variable that I am trying to get added into a ListBox and trying to format it to no avail. Here is a sample..

 

totalCost = ((Convert.ToInt32(txtYears.Text) * 12) - 1) * payment

lstDisplay.Items.Add(String.Format("{0,7}", "Total amount paid over " & txtYears.Text & " years:  " & FormatCurrency(totalCost)))

 

and although it puts the concantenated string into the listbox, no matter what I do the string will not format (stays on the left border).

 

Any Suggestions?

[Guest Danno]

I need to modify the post. The actual code was:

 

lstDisplay.Items.Add([b]String.Format[/b]("{0,7}", "Total amount paid over " &_
txtYears.Text & " years:  " & FormatCurrency(totalCost)))

 

 

I did a carriage return on this with the "_" so that it won't scroll off the page...

[Derek Stone]

Try the following.

String.Format("Total amount paid over " & txtYears.Text & " years:  {0,7}", FormatCurrency(totalCost))

[Guest Danno]

I will try it this evening....the end result string should say something like:

 

Total amount paid over 14 years: $250,000

 

Will your solution do that? Is it the string, followed by the formatting, a comma and then the other variable?