Best control for formatted message display

HI, I have to display some dynamic message like "user ABC requested DELETE on contacts". This is a simple but formatted message. I have to display "ABC" and "DELETE" in different colors and formats. Do i have any single control to format text at different positions? Simple label does not work. I dont want html cotrols cause of non-windows look. Rgds Rajani Kanth

I am not really surewhat you are trying to do but try this: Put a richtextbox named richtextbox1 on your windows form then place the following code in the forms load event. Dim str As String str = "{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\f2\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial Narrow;}{\f3\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}}" str += "{\colortbl ;\red128\green0\blue0;\red0\green128\blue0;}" str += "\viewkind4\uc1\pard\sb100\sa100\f0\fs24 user \cf1\f1\fs32 ABC\cf0\f0\fs24 requested \cf2\f2 DELETE\cf0\f0 on contacts\par" str += "\pard\f3\fs20\par}" RichTextBox1.Rtf = str