How to format a string displayed in a MessageBox in C#?

Question

I want to display a string in a message box with a following format:

Machine : TestMachine User : UserName

I am doing this:

string strMsg = "Machine  :" + "TestMahine" + "\r\n" +
                "User     :" + "UserName";

MessageBox.Show(strMsg);

When I do this the message box do not display a string as formated above. Colon(") dosen't keep alligned. The above format is also do not work in WPF TextBlock control.

Please help!!

Answer 1

Try something like this:

string strMsg = String.Format("Machine\t: {0}\nUser\t: {1}", "TestMachine", "UserName");

Edited: Gotta have that String.Format there or that lone bracket at the end is sad.