ContentControl.PlaceholderText Property (2007 System)

Gets the text that is displayed in the ContentControl until the text is changed by a user action or some other operation.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property PlaceholderText As BuildingBlock
'Usage
Dim instance As ContentControl 
Dim value As BuildingBlock 

value = instance.PlaceholderText
public BuildingBlock PlaceholderText { get; }
public:
property BuildingBlock^ PlaceholderText {
    BuildingBlock^ get ();
}
public function get PlaceholderText () : BuildingBlock

Property Value

Type: BuildingBlock
The text that is displayed in the control until the text is changed by a user action or some other operation.

Remarks

The placeholder text is displayed until a user edits the control, the control is populated with data from a data source, or the control's contents are deleted.

To set the placeholder text, use the SetPlaceholderText method.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ContentControl Class

ContentControl Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace