>>>>OTOH maybe just setting the TextBox.Multiline = true ?
>>>
>>>Bingo!
>>>That was the answer, Viv.
>>>I tried that and it gave me what I needed.
>>>It's interesting that when Multiline is set to false, the carriage returns disappear, but they're preserved when it's set to true. I'm sure that there's some logic there, but it escapes me.
>>>That gave me me what I needed to separate the amounts.
>>>Thanks, Viv
>>
>>Glad it was so easy :-}
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>Here's another question, Viv
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>string[] moneylines = Regex.Split(frmCounting.textBoxDemoninations.Text, "\r\n");
>workingprocessds.depdetail[0].ones = Convert.ToDecimal(moneylines[0].TrimEnd().TrimStart());
>workingprocessds.depdetail[0].twos = Convert.ToDecimal(moneylines[1].TrimEnd().TrimStart());
>workingprocessds.depdetail[0].fives = Convert.ToDecimal(moneylines[2].TrimEnd().TrimStart());
>workingprocessds.depdetail[0].tens = Convert.ToDecimal(moneylines[3].TrimEnd().TrimStart());
>workingprocessds.depdetail[0].twentys = Convert.ToDecimal(moneylines[4].TrimEnd().TrimStart());
>workingprocessds.depdetail[0].fiftys = Convert.ToDecimal(moneylines[5].TrimEnd().TrimStart());
>workingprocessds.depdetail[0].hundreds = Convert.ToDecimal(moneylines[6].TrimEnd().TrimStart());
>workingprocessds.depdetail.AcceptChanges();
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>This code successfully parses the text into the 7 correct denominations.
>
>For testing, I activate this code by pressing a command button.
>Is there any way that I can force this code to be activated automatically after the multiline textbox is filled?

What type of TextBox - Winforms, Web, WPF ?
How does it get populated ?