Already solved and you're right, in solution that is similar to pseudo code I posted, the signs were backward... but it was just a hint for possible solution that someone could offer. Thanks for your comment anyway, cheers

In table i have column that is type of varchar(n), and it's not primary/foreign key. Now, what I need is SQL query (stored procedure) that will select all the records in that table like: (pseudo) select * from table1 where SUBSTRING(table1.column2,1,2)<@param1 and SUBSTRING(table1.column2,1,2)>@param2 Parameters are first two letters of any record that contains data for that column. if param1 is aa and param2 is cc then output should be all the records with first two letters like: aa,ab,ac,...,az,ba,..,bz,ca,cb,cc Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Well CP happy bday

Ok, thanks for the links. I'll take a closer look at ITextDocument.

First of all I want to thank you all for replying to this topic... But disscusion went in te wrong way. What I wanted is not any use of richtextbox, but method similiar to Graphics.Drawstring method that takes rtf instead of string and paints it on user control. Since there is no provided splution I guess I have to try to wirte some kind of parser that takes tekst and formating for it an use Graphics.Drawstring method...

Yes I know about richtextbox.. and load and save rtf etc. Please read post again. I need to draw rtf on user control. But thanks anyway.

I need to create control that accepts rtf and draws it. Problem is that drawstring takes only regular text and I cant find anywhere how to draw rtf. Any sugestions are welcome and appreciated...