ControlExtensions.AddTextBox Method (ControlCollection, Single, Single, Single, Single, String)

Adds a new TextBox control to the document in the specified size and location.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function AddTextBox ( _
    controls As ControlCollection, _
    left As Single, _
    top As Single, _
    width As Single, _
    height As Single, _
    name As String _
) As TextBox
public static TextBox AddTextBox(
    this ControlCollection controls,
    float left,
    float top,
    float width,
    float height,
    string name
)

Parameters

  • left
    Type: System.Single

    The distance in points between the left edge of the control and the left edge of the document.

  • top
    Type: System.Single

    The distance in points between the top edge of the control and the top edge of the document.

  • height
    Type: System.Single

    The height of the control in points.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.TextBox
The control that was added to the document.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type ControlCollection. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

The name argument is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or has zero length.

ControlNameAlreadyExistsException

A control with the same name is already in the ControlCollection instance.

Remarks

This method enables you to add TextBox objects to the end of the ControlCollection.

To remove a TextBox that was added programmatically, use the Remove method.

Examples

The following code example adds a TextBox control to the start of the document, and then assigns text to the control. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

Private Sub WordAddTextBox()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Dim TextBox1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls. _
        TextBox = Me.Controls.AddTextBox(0, 0, 75, 15, _
        "TextBox1")
    TextBox1.Text = "Sample text" 
End Sub
private void WordAddTextBox()
{
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.TextBox
         textBox1 = this.Controls.AddTextBox(
         0, 0, 75, 15, "textBox1");
    textBox1.Text = "Sample text";
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ControlExtensions Class

AddTextBox Overload

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace