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

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Adds a new Button 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 AddButton ( _
    controls As ControlCollection, _
    left As Single, _
    top As Single, _
    width As Single, _
    height As Single, _
    name As String _
) As Button

public static Button AddButton(
    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.Button
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 Button objects to the end of the ControlCollection.

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

Examples

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

Private Sub WordAddButton()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Dim button1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button _
        = Me.Controls.AddButton(0, 0, 56.25F, 17.25F, "Button1")
    button1.Text = "OK"
End Sub 

private void WordAddButton()
{
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button button1 =
        this.Controls.AddButton(0, 0, 56.25F, 17.25F,
        "button1");
    button1.Text = "OK";
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ControlExtensions Class

AddButton Overload

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace