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