Oh well, ignore my comment -- I am not familiar with vb and thought you were writing to a hypertext file. Happy hacking. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: <charlesblackusc@xxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 2:56 AM Subject: Re: VB.NET separate lines? It is much simpler than that. You could do something like this: messageLabel.Text = "Now that the world is through with me." & vbnewline & "I'm waking up, I can not see," & vbnewline & "That there is not much left of me." & vbnewline & "Nothing is real but pain now." That does it in vb.net 2005. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind