Factory Interface

Provides methods you can use to perform miscellaneous tasks in a document-level customization, such as creating Ribbon controls at run time and adding smart tags to documents.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("DC85BAC7-611E-4138-AC2E-6DD213400575")> _
<InterfaceTypeAttribute(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)> _
Public Interface Factory

[GuidAttribute("DC85BAC7-611E-4138-AC2E-6DD213400575")]
[InterfaceTypeAttribute(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface Factory

The Factory type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	CreateAction	Creates a Action object that represents an action for a smart tag.
	CreateActionsPane	Infrastructure.
	CreateBookmark	Infrastructure.
	CreateBuildingBlockGalleryContentControl	Infrastructure.
	CreateComboBoxContentControl	Infrastructure.
	CreateControlSite	Infrastructure.
	CreateDatePickerContentControl	Infrastructure.
	CreateDocument	Infrastructure.
	CreateDropDownListContentControl	Infrastructure.
	CreateGroupContentControl	Infrastructure.
	CreatePictureContentControl	Infrastructure.
	CreatePlainTextContentControl	Infrastructure.
	CreateRichTextContentControl	Infrastructure.
	CreateSmartTag	Creates a SmartTag object that represents a smart tag on a document.
	CreateXMLNode	Infrastructure.
	CreateXMLNodes	Infrastructure.
	GetRibbonFactory	Returns an object that you can use to create Ribbon controls at run time.
	GetVstoObject	Returns a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Document host item that extends the functionality of the specified native document object.
	HasVstoObject	Returns a value that indicates whether a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Document host item exists for the specified Word document object.

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Remarks

To get a Factory object, use the Globals.Factory property in your project. For more information, see Global Access to Objects in Office Projects.

Note

This interface is implemented by the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime. It is not intended to be implemented in your code. For more information, see Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Overview.

Important

Smart tags are deprecated in Excel 2010 and Word 2010. You can still use the related APIs, but there is no smart tag functionality after Excel 2007 and Word 2007.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace