---
title: "How to: Save, Load, and Print RichTextBox Content"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "saving RichTextBox controls [WPF]"
  - "printing RichTextBox controls [WPF]"
  - "loading RichTextBox controls [WPF]"
  - "RichTextBox control [WPF], saving"
  - "RichTextBox control [WPF], printing"
  - "RichTextBox control [WPF], loading"
ms.assetid: ffb113d3-c68a-47ca-8ac0-882283f38326
---
# How to: Save, Load, and Print RichTextBox Content
The following example shows how to save content of a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.RichTextBox> to a file, load that content back into the <xref:System.Windows.Controls.RichTextBox>, and print the contents.  
  
## Example  
 Below is the markup for the example.  
  
 [!code-xaml[RichTextBoxMiscSnippets_snip#SaveLoadPrintRTBExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/RichTextBoxMiscSnippets_snip/CSharp/SaveLoadPrintRTB.xaml#saveloadprintrtbexamplewholepage)]  
  
## Example  
 Below is the code behind for the example.  
  
 [!code-csharp[RichTextBoxMiscSnippets_snip#SaveLoadPrintRTBCodeExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/RichTextBoxMiscSnippets_snip/CSharp/SaveLoadPrintRTB.xaml.cs#saveloadprintrtbcodeexamplewholepage)]
 [!code-vb[RichTextBoxMiscSnippets_snip#SaveLoadPrintRTBCodeExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/RichTextBoxMiscSnippets_snip/VisualBasic/SaveLoadPrintRTB.xaml.vb#saveloadprintrtbcodeexamplewholepage)]  
  
## See also

- [RichTextBox Overview](richtextbox-overview.md)
- [TextBox Overview](textbox-overview.md)