AFAIK there is no magic way to do it. Like VFP, you have to concatenate strings if you want to do that. The difference, of course, is that C# has no need for a continuation character, so;

String x = "this is a string on one line and this is" +
" a string on another line in code, but they" +
" will appear as one long sentence when run and x is displayed.";

Alan

>Here's what I've got so far:
>
>

>private void btnShowText_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
>{
>	lblWelcome.Text = @"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" + "\n" + @"\\\Welcome to C#!" + @"\\\";
>	btnClearText.Enabled = true;
>	btnClearText.Focus();
>}
>

>
>Maybe you can advise me as to how you can carry on a string in code from one lien to the next. I'm not talking about what is displayed but how do I write a string and keep it within view on the code page so that I can see it all?