Action Class (2007 System)

Represents a Visual Studio Tools for Office smart tag action in a Microsoft Office Excel workbook.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name := "FullTrust")> _
Public Class Action _
    Inherits ActionBase

'Usage
Dim instance As Action

[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
public class Action : ActionBase

[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::Demand, Name = L"FullTrust")]
public ref class Action : public ActionBase

public class Action extends ActionBase

Remarks

Actions are the choices available on the smart tag shortcut menu when a smart tag of a certain type is recognized. An example of a possible action is "Add name to the Contacts folder" for a string of type Person's Name. For more information about smart tags in Visual Studio Tools for Office, see Smart Tags Architecture.

Examples

The following code example creates a SmartTag with an Action that recognizes the term "sale" and the regular expression "[I|i]ssue\s\d{5,6}". The action modifies the menu caption of the action at run time and displays the address of the text that was recognized. To test the example, type the word "sale" in one cell and the string "issue 12345" in another cell, and then try the smart tag action.

This example is for a document-level customization.

WithEvents displayAddress As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action

Private Sub AddSmartTag()
    Dim smartTagDemo As New  _
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag( _
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag", _
        "Demonstration Smart Tag")

    ' Specify a term and an expression to recognize.
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("sale")
    smartTagDemo.Expressions.Add( _
        New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex( _
        "[I|i]ssue\s\d{5,6}"))

    ' Create the action.
    displayAddress = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action( _
        "To be replaced")

    ' Add the action to the smart tag.
    smartTagDemo.Actions = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action() { _
            displayAddress}

    ' Add the smart tag. 
    Me.VstoSmartTags.Add(smartTagDemo)
End Sub 

Private Sub DisplayAddress_BeforeCaptionShow(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ActionEventArgs) _
    Handles DisplayAddress.BeforeCaptionShow

    Dim clickedAction As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action = _
        TryCast(sender, Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action)

    If clickedAction IsNot Nothing Then
        clickedAction.Caption = "Display the address of " & e.Text
    End If 
End Sub 

Private Sub DisplayAddress_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ActionEventArgs) _
    Handles DisplayAddress.Click

    Dim smartTagAddress As String = e.Range.Address( _
        ReferenceStyle:=Excel.XlReferenceStyle.xlA1)
    MsgBox("The recognized text '" & e.Text & _
            "' is at range " & smartTagAddress)
End Sub

private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action displayAddress;

private void AddSmartTag()
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag smartTagDemo =
        new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag(
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        "Demonstration Smart Tag");

    // Specify a term and an expression to recognize.
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("sale");
    smartTagDemo.Expressions.Add(
        new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(
        @"[I|i]ssue\s\d{5,6}"));

    // Create the action.
    displayAddress = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action(
        "To be replaced");

    // Add the action to the smart tag.
    smartTagDemo.Actions = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action[] { 
        displayAddress };

    // Add the smart tag. 
    this.VstoSmartTags.Add(smartTagDemo);

    displayAddress.BeforeCaptionShow += new 
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.BeforeCaptionShowEventHandler(
        DisplayAddress_BeforeCaptionShow);

    displayAddress.Click += new 
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ActionClickEventHandler(
        DisplayAddress_Click);
}

void DisplayAddress_BeforeCaptionShow(object sender, 
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ActionEventArgs e)
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action clickedAction =
        sender as Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action;

    if (clickedAction != null)
    {
        clickedAction.Caption = "Display the address of " +
            e.Text;
    }
}

void DisplayAddress_Click(object sender, 
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ActionEventArgs e)
{
    string smartTagAddress = e.Range.get_Address(missing,
        missing, Excel.XlReferenceStyle.xlA1, missing, missing);
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The recognized text '" + e.Text +
        "' is at range " + smartTagAddress);
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Office.Tools.ActionBase
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Action Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace

SmartTag

Other Resources

Smart Tags Architecture

How to: Add Smart Tags to Excel Workbooks

How to: Create Smart Tags With Custom Recognizers in Excel