C# - displaying lots of text in WinForm

Question

I want to be able to display process update information to a user. The way I want to do this is by having a control on the main winform that (at a yet undecided process) keeps the user informed via text of what the status is. I want this text to scrollup (within a control) as more text is added.

What is the best way to achieve this?

Answer 1

Use a multiline TextBox, like so:

myTextBox.Multiline = true;

And update it while scrolling to the bottom, like so:

myTextBox.Text += "My message" + System.Environment.NewLine;
myTextBox.SelectionStart = myTextBox.Text.Length;
myTextBox.ScrollToCaret();