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ControlCollection.GetShapeForControl Method

Gets the underlying Shape for the specified control.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetShapeForControl ( _
    control As Control _
) As Shape
Shape GetShapeForControl(
    Control control
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Shape
The underlying Shape for the specified control.

Remarks

If the wrapping style of the control is set to In line with text, the GetShapeForControl method returns nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following code example adds a Button to the document, and then uses the GetShapeForControl method to get the location of the control from its underlying Shape.

Private Sub WordGetShape()
    Dim testButton As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button = _
        Me.Controls.AddButton(10, 10, 50, 25, "testButton")

    Dim buttonShape As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Shape = _
            Me.Controls.GetShapeForControl(testButton)

    If buttonShape IsNot Nothing Then
        MessageBox.Show("The following properties can be cached in the" & _
            vbCrLf & "document to enable you to recreate the control:" _
            & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Height: " & buttonShape.Height _
            & vbCrLf & "Width: " & buttonShape.Width _
            & vbCrLf & "Top: " & buttonShape.Top _
            & vbCrLf & "Left: " & buttonShape.Left)
    End If 
End Sub
private void WordGetShape()
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button testButton =
        this.Controls.AddButton(10, 10, 50, 25, "testButton");

    Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Shape buttonShape =
        this.Controls.GetShapeForControl(testButton);

    if (buttonShape != null)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("The following properties can be cached in the" +
            "\n" + "document to enable you to recreate the control:" +
            "\n\n" + "Height: " + buttonShape.Height.ToString() +
            "\n" + "Width: " + buttonShape.Width.ToString() + "\n" +
            "Top: " + buttonShape.Top.ToString() + "\n" +
            "Left: " + buttonShape.Left.ToString());
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ControlCollection Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace