Change Multi-Line Label

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So I found this tid-bit → Multiple Label Lines Hoping it would answer my question and solve the problem.

I have a label that is set for multiple line and index 0 = “Start” Index 1 = “Lunch”

Using this code:
Dim tempLabel() As String = Split(Label1.text, EndOfLine) tempLabel(1) = "Replacing the second line." Label1.text = Join(tempLabel, EndOfLine)

I adapted and failed with this code…
strTmpLbl = Split( lblBtnStartEndLunch.Value.ToText, EndOfLine ) strTmpLbl( 0 ) = "Start" lblBtnStartEndLunch.Value.ToText = Join( strTmpLbl, EndOfLine )

I get a Syntax Error and not other information to help decipher what I did wrong…

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Does this make sense to you?

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When I try the lblBtnStartEndLunch.Text I still get a Syntax Error. I followed the example but used what I know to work for other instances when I assign a value to a Label. But those are usually just a single line or word.

The .Text option doesn’t appear either. And lblBtnStartEndLunch is the name of the object.

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It’s not your only mistake.

Do you actually dim (or var) strTmpLbl? And as what? A String? Or an Array of Strings? Because you try to stuff an array of strings into it (the result of the Split method).

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the above code is not mine, I got it from here → Multiple Label Lines - #3 by Bob_Manning Bob Coleman posted it. I copied it and changed the variable to meet my needs and… there is a Syntax error.

← This is my adaptation…

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Again: where is your Dim statement? Do you know what Dim does? If so, why do you think you can leave it out?

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I have the variable declared earlier, I didn’t include it in my example.

Var strTmpLbl() As String - It’s declared earlier in the code stream.

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what control is it ? a button ?
then try lblBtnStartEndLunch.caption =

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Labels don’t have a Value property. Seems like your code should be

strTmpLbl = Split( lblBtnStartEndLunch.Text, EndOfLine )
strTmpLbl(0) = "Start"
lblBtnStartEndLunch.Text = Join(strTmpLbl, EndOfLine)
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Well, in the first place that thread is ridiculous. Getting the text, try to split it, try to replace one of the array elements…

Just have an array already as a property of the window or a subclass of the label, add a method ReplaceLine(NewText As String, Line as Integer) and in there replace the item and then change the Caption using the Array.Join function

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Label Value in code

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Label Value in code2

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No, it’s a Label that has the property Multiline enabled, I want to change one line of the Label to reflect what is happening in the application at the time.

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You must be on one of those weird transitional releases between 2019 and 2020r1 where everything was messed up. They reverted back to sanity in 2020r2.

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Replace .Text with .Value and it should work.

Edit: if you type in .Text it should also work. You won’t get autocomplete and you’ll get a deprecation warning in Analyze Project, but it should still compile and run. And you’ll be future-ready should you decide to upgrade to the current release.

Edit2: The property was .Text for the last 20 years. In 2019r2 they made the ill-advised decision to change it to .Value. In 2020r2 they finally changed it back.

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