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

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

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

Syntax

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

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

Parameters

• controls
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.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 Worksheet.Controls property (in an application-level project) or the WorksheetBase.Controls property (in a document-level project), this parameter is supplied automatically.

• left
  Type: System.Double

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

• top
  Type: System.Double

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

• width
  Type: System.Double

  The width of the control in points.

• height
  Type: System.Double

  The height of the control in points.

• name
  Type: System.String

  The name of the control.

Return Value

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

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

The AddTextBox method enables you to add TextBox objects to the end of the ControlCollection. To remove a TextBox control that was previously added programmatically, use the Remove method.

Examples

The following code example adds a TextBox control to the top of the worksheet, and then assigns text to the control. To use this example, run it from the Sheet1 class in a document-level project.

Private Sub ExcelAddTextBox()
    Dim TextBox1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel. _
        Controls.TextBox = Me.Controls.AddTextBox( _
        0, 0, 75, 15, "TextBox1")

    TextBox1.Text = "Sample text" 

End Sub

private void ExcelAddTextBox()
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.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.Excel Namespace