How to automatically color text depending by programming language in C# richtextbox?

Question

Maybe my question already have posted previously but I didn't find.

I have WinForm (C#) and I put a richtextbox.

I want to paste a SQL code and I want that reserved keywords from pasted text to be colored in blue or other specific color for reserved keyword.

How to achieve this in C# code if is possible ?

Answer 1

You're looking for something called syntax highlighting. There are multiple libraries available to do this, but i would recommend taking a look at http://colorcode.codeplex.com/