Hi!

Text property of RTF conrol represents a text content without ANY formatting. Assigning to this porperty, as expected, assigns just text - without formatting. To add some text better assign to the SelRTF property, or use RTFText property so text you get is formatted (as far as I remember property names).

HTH.

>here's my problem
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>With IRCform.ActiveForm.txtOutput
>   .Text = IRCform.ActiveForm.txtOutput.Text & ">>> VERSION"
>   'add ">>> VERSION" to richtextbox
>   'select text "VERSION"
>   .SelStart = Len(IRCform.ActiveForm.txtOutput.Text) - 7
>   .SelLength = 7
>   'bold text "VERSION"
>   .SelBold = True
>   'add some text after the bolded "VERSION"
>   .Text = .Text & " requested by " & nick & " <<<"
>   '&¤!#%"!& the "VERSION" text isn't bold anymore :/
>End With
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>so you got the idea? could someone tell what's wrong, or a similar way of doing this...