BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl.BuildingBlockCategory Property
Gets or sets the category of the building blocks that are displayed in the BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Property BuildingBlockCategory As String
string BuildingBlockCategory { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: System.String
The category of the building blocks that are displayed in the BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl.
Remarks
All building blocks belong to a category and a gallery. Use the BuildingBlockCategory property to specify the category of the building blocks that are displayed by the BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl. You can set the value of this property to the Built-In or General categories defined by Microsoft Office Word, or you can specify a custom category.
To specify which gallery of building blocks to display in the BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl, use the BuildingBlockType property.
Examples
The following code example adds a new BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl to the beginning of the document. The BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl displays equation building blocks that are provided by Microsoft Office Word. The example sets the BuildingBlockCategory property to the Built-In category.
This version is for a document-level customization. To use this code, paste it into the ThisDocument class in your project, and call the AddBuildingBlockControlAtSelection method from the ThisDocument_Startup method.
Dim buildingBlockGalleryControl1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl
Private Sub AddBuildingBlockGalleryControlAtSelection()
Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select()
buildingBlockGalleryControl1 = Me.Controls.AddBuildingBlockGalleryContentControl( _
"buildingBlockGalleryControl1")
With buildingBlockGalleryControl1
.PlaceholderText = "Choose an equation"
.BuildingBlockCategory = "Built-In"
.BuildingBlockType = Word.WdBuildingBlockTypes.wdTypeEquations
End With
End Sub
private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl buildingBlockControl1;
private void AddBuildingBlockControlAtSelection()
{
this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
this.Paragraphs[1].Range.Select();
buildingBlockControl1 = this.Controls.AddBuildingBlockGalleryContentControl(
"buildingBlockControl1");
buildingBlockControl1.PlaceholderText = "Choose an equation";
buildingBlockControl1.BuildingBlockCategory = "Built-In";
buildingBlockControl1.BuildingBlockType = Word.WdBuildingBlockTypes.wdTypeEquations;
}
This version is for an application-level add-in. To use this code, paste it into the ThisAddIn class in your project, and call the AddBuildingBlockControlAtSelection method from the ThisAddIn_Startup method.
Dim buildingBlockGalleryControl1 As BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl
Private Sub AddBuildingBlockGalleryControlAtSelection()
If Me.Application.ActiveDocument Is Nothing Then
Return
End If
Dim vstoDoc As Document = Globals.Factory.GetVstoObject(Me.Application.ActiveDocument)
vstoDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
vstoDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select()
buildingBlockGalleryControl1 = vstoDoc.Controls.AddBuildingBlockGalleryContentControl( _
"buildingBlockGalleryControl1")
With buildingBlockGalleryControl1
.PlaceholderText = "Choose an equation"
.BuildingBlockCategory = "Built-In"
.BuildingBlockType = Word.WdBuildingBlockTypes.wdTypeEquations
End With
End Sub
private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.BuildingBlockGalleryContentControl buildingBlockControl1;
private void AddBuildingBlockControlAtSelection()
{
if (this.Application.ActiveDocument == null)
return;
Document vstoDoc = Globals.Factory.GetVstoObject(this.Application.ActiveDocument);
vstoDoc.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
vstoDoc.Paragraphs[1].Range.Select();
buildingBlockControl1 = vstoDoc.Controls.AddBuildingBlockGalleryContentControl(
"buildingBlockControl1");
buildingBlockControl1.PlaceholderText = "Choose an equation";
buildingBlockControl1.BuildingBlockCategory = "Built-In";
buildingBlockControl1.BuildingBlockType = Word.WdBuildingBlockTypes.wdTypeEquations;
}
.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.