ControlExtensions.AddTextBox Method (ControlCollection, Single, Single, Single, Single, String)

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

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function AddTextBox ( _
    controls As ControlCollection, _
    left As Single, _
    top As Single, _
    width As Single, _
    height As Single, _
    name As String _
) As TextBox

public static TextBox AddTextBox(
    this ControlCollection controls,
    float left,
    float top,
    float width,
    float height,
    string name
)

Parameters

• controls
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ControlCollection

  The collection to add the control to. Do not supply this parameter yourself. When you call this method on the collection returned by the Document.Controls property (in an application-level project) or the DocumentBase.Controls property (in a document-level project), this parameter is supplied automatically.

• 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 control that was added to the document.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type ControlCollection. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

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. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

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.

See Also

Reference

ControlExtensions Class

AddTextBox Overload

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace