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+title: "TextBox Control Overview"
+ms.date: "03/30/2017"
+dev_langs: 
+  - "csharp"
+  - "vb"
+  - "cpp"
+f1_keywords: 
+  - "TextBox"
+helpviewer_keywords: 
+  - "TextBox control [Windows Forms], about TextBox controls"
+  - "text boxes [Windows Forms], adding"
+ms.assetid: d1a9c7f5-fa53-480a-a75c-158f8649ea2f
+---
+# TextBox Control Overview (Windows Forms)
+Windows Forms text boxes are used to get input from the user or to display text. The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox> control is generally used for editable text, although it can also be made read-only. Text boxes can display multiple lines, wrap text to the size of the control, and add basic formatting. The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox> control provides a single format style for text displayed or entered into the control. To display multiple types of formatted text, use the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox> control. For more information, see [RichTextBox Control Overview](richtextbox-control-overview-windows-forms.md).  
+  
+## Working with the TextBox Control  
+ The text displayed by the control is contained in the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox.Text%2A> property. By default, you can enter up to 2048 characters in a text box. If you set the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox.Multiline%2A> property to `true`, you can enter up to 32 KB of text. The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox.Text%2A> property can be set at design time with the Properties Window, at run time in code, or by user input at run time. The current contents of a text box can be retrieved at run time by reading the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox.Text%2A> property.  
+  
+ The following code example sets text in the control at run time. The `InitializeMyControl` procedure will not execute automatically; it must be called.  
+  
+```vb  
+Private Sub InitializeMyControl()  
+   ' Put some text into the control first.  
+   TextBox1.Text = "This is a TextBox control."  
+End Sub  
+```  
+  
+```csharp  
+private void InitializeMyControl() {  
+   // Put some text into the control first.  
+   textBox1.Text = "This is a TextBox control.";  
+}  
+```  
+  
+```cpp  
+private:  
+   void InitializeMyControl()  
+   {  
+      // Put some text into the control first.  
+      textBox1->Text = "This is a TextBox control.";  
+   }  
+```  
+  
+## See also
+
+- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox>
+- [How to: Control the Insertion Point in a Windows Forms TextBox Control](how-to-control-the-insertion-point-in-a-windows-forms-textbox-control.md)
+- [How to: Create a Password Text Box with the Windows Forms TextBox Control](how-to-create-a-password-text-box-with-the-windows-forms-textbox-control.md)
+- [How to: Create a Read-Only Text Box](how-to-create-a-read-only-text-box-windows-forms.md)
+- [How to: Put Quotation Marks in a String](how-to-put-quotation-marks-in-a-string-windows-forms.md)
+- [How to: Select Text in the Windows Forms TextBox Control](how-to-select-text-in-the-windows-forms-textbox-control.md)
+- [How to: View Multiple Lines in the Windows Forms TextBox Control](how-to-view-multiple-lines-in-the-windows-forms-textbox-control.md)
+- [TextBox Control](textbox-control-windows-forms.md)