ControlExtensions.AddDateTimePicker Method (ControlCollection, Range, Single, Single, String)

Adds a new DateTimePicker 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 AddDateTimePicker ( _
    controls As ControlCollection, _
    range As Range, _
    width As Single, _
    height As Single, _
    name As String _
) As DateTimePicker
public static DateTimePicker AddDateTimePicker(
    this ControlCollection controls,
    Range range,
    float width,
    float height,
    string name
)

Parameters

  • height
    Type: System.Single

    The height of the control in points.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.DateTimePicker
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 or range argument is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), or the name argument has zero length.

ControlNameAlreadyExistsException

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

InvalidRangeException

The range that was specified is not valid.

Remarks

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

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

Examples

The following code example adds a DateTimePicker control to the first paragraph in the document, and then sets the background of the calendar to light blue. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

Private Sub WordRangeAddDateTimePicker()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Dim DateTimePicker1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word. _
        Controls.DateTimePicker = Me.Controls.AddDateTimePicker( _
        Me.Paragraphs(1).Range, 150, 15, "DateTimePicker1")
    DateTimePicker1.CalendarMonthBackground = Color.LightBlue
End Sub
private void WordRangeAddDateTimePicker()
{
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.DateTimePicker
        dateTimePicker1 = this.Controls.AddDateTimePicker(
        this.Paragraphs[1].Range, 150, 15, "dateTimePicker1");
    dateTimePicker1.CalendarMonthBackground = Color.LightBlue;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ControlExtensions Class

AddDateTimePicker Overload

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace