ControlCollection.AddTextBox Method (Single, Single, Single, Single, String) (2007 System)

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09/25/2012

Adds a new TextBox control to the document in the specified size and location.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v9.0 (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function AddTextBox ( _
    left As Single, _
    top As Single, _
    width As Single, _
    height As Single, _
    name As String _
) As TextBox

'Usage
Dim instance As ControlCollection 
Dim left As Single 
Dim top As Single 
Dim width As Single 
Dim height As Single 
Dim name As String 
Dim returnValue As TextBox 

returnValue = instance.AddTextBox(left, _
    top, width, height, name)

public TextBox AddTextBox(
    float left,
    float top,
    float width,
    float height,
    string name
)

public:
TextBox^ AddTextBox(
    float left, 
    float top, 
    float width, 
    float height, 
    String^ name
)

public function AddTextBox(
    left : float, 
    top : float, 
    width : float, 
    height : float, 
    name : String
) : TextBox

Parameters

left
Type: System.Single

The distance in points between the left edge of the control and the left edge of the document.

top
Type: System.Single

The distance in points between the top edge of the control and the top edge of the document.

width
Type: System.Single

The width of the control in points.

height
Type: System.Single

The height of the control in points.

name
Type: System.String

The name that can be used to index the control in the ControlCollection instance.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.TextBox
The TextBox control that was added to the ControlCollection instance.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The name argument is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or has zero length.
ControlNameAlreadyExistsException	A control with the same name is already in the ControlCollection instance.

Remarks

This method enables you to add TextBox objects to the end of the ControlCollection.

To remove a TextBox that was added programmatically, use the Remove method.

Examples

The following code example adds a TextBox control to the start of the document, and then assigns text to the control.

Private Sub WordAddTextBox()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Dim TextBox1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls. _
        TextBox = Me.Controls.AddTextBox(0, 0, 75, 15, _
        "TextBox1")
    TextBox1.Text = "Sample text" 

End Sub

private void WordAddTextBox()
{
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.TextBox
         textBox1 = this.Controls.AddTextBox(
         0, 0, 75, 15, "textBox1");
    textBox1.Text = "Sample text";
}

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

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