CanvasShapes.AddTextbox Method 

Adds a text box to a drawing canvas.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (in microsoft.office.interop.word.dll)

Usage

Dim Orientation As MsoTextOrientation
Dim Left As Single
Dim Top As Single
Dim Width As Single
Dim Height As Single
Dim returnValue As Shape
Dim canvasShapes1 As CanvasShapes
returnValue = canvasShapes1.AddTextbox(Orientation, Left, Top, Width, Height)

Syntax

Function AddTextbox( _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Orientation As MsoTextOrientation, _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Left As Single, _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Top As Single, _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Width As Single, _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Height As Single _
) As Shape

Shape AddTextbox(
    [In] MsoTextOrientation Orientation, 
    [In] float Left, 
    [In] float Top, 
    [In] float Width, 
    [In] float Height
);

public: Shape^ AddTextbox(
    MsoTextOrientation^ Orientation, 
    Single Left, 
    Single Top, 
    Single Width, 
    Single Height
);

public Shape AddTextbox(
    /*in*/MsoTextOrientation Orientation, 
    /*in*/float Left, 
    /*in*/float Top, 
    /*in*/float Width, 
    /*in*/float Height
);

function AddTextbox(
     Orientation : MsoTextOrientation, 
     Left : float, 
     Top : float, 
     Width : float, 
     Height : float
) : Shape;

Parameters

• Orientation
  The orientation of the text. Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed.

• Left
  The position, measured in points, of the left edge of the text box.

• Top
  The position, measured in points, of the top edge of the text box.

• Width
  The width, measured in points, of the text box.

• Height
  The height, measured in points, of the text box.

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.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

CanvasShapes Interface
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace

Other Resources

CanvasShapes Members