NamedRange.Creator Property
Gets a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the NamedRange control was created.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Creator As XlCreator
XlCreator Creator { get; }
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlCreator
One of the XlCreator values.
Remarks
If the NamedRange control was created in Microsoft Office Excel, this property returns the hexadecimal number 5843454C, which is equivalent to string XCEL.
Examples
The following code example creates a NamedRange and then uses the Creator property to determine whether the NamedRange was created in Microsoft Office Excel.
This example is for a document-level customization.
Private displayCreatorRange As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange
Private Sub DisplayCreator()
displayCreatorRange = Me.Controls.AddNamedRange( _
Me.Range("C3", "E5"), "displayCreatorRange")
displayCreatorRange.Select()
If Me.displayCreatorRange.Creator = _
Excel.XlCreator.xlCreatorCode Then
MessageBox.Show("This NamedRange control was " & _
"created in Microsoft Office Excel.")
Else
MessageBox.Show("This NamedRange control was " & _
"not created in Microsoft Office Excel.")
End If
End Sub
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange displayCreatorRange;
private void DisplayCreator()
{
displayCreatorRange = this.Controls.AddNamedRange(
this.Range["C3", "E5"], "displayCreatorRange");
displayCreatorRange.Select();
if (this.displayCreatorRange.Creator ==
Excel.XlCreator.xlCreatorCode)
{
MessageBox.Show("This NamedRange control was created in " +
"Microsoft Office Excel.");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("This NamedRange control was not created in " +
"Microsoft Office Excel.");
}
}
.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.