Format the string inside a ListItem

[RickardB]

Hi, I would need to arrange the text property of a ListItem into columns, i.e. I need to pad the substring. Example: string 1 string 2 should become: "string 1 " "string 2 " Then I need to add them together, the result should be "string 1 string 2 " I know how to pad a string using the PadLeft command but when I try to assign the Text property of a ListItem the space between the substrings (string 1 and string 2) in this case is schrinked to a single space. The reason I want to do this is that I want to add this ListItems to a DropDownListBox and the text inside it needs to formatted into columns. Anyone who can give me any advice? R Rickard

[Brian M C]

Rickard, When you apply the PadLeft command to the string are you reassigning the newly created string to the old. For example: String string1 = "Some Text"; string1 = string1.PadLeft( 5, " " ); HTH, -Brian C.