Shapes.AddTextbox Method 

Adds a text box to a document. Returns a Shape object that represents the text box and adds it to the Shapes collection.

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 Anchor As Object
Dim returnValue As Shape
Dim shapes1 As Shapes
returnValue = shapes1.AddTextbox(Orientation, Left, Top, Width, Height, Anchor)

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, _
    <InAttribute()> Optional ByRef Anchor As Object _
) As Shape

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

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

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

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

Parameters

• Orientation
  Required Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTextOrientation. 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
  Required Single. The position, measured in points, of the left edge of the text box.

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

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

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

• Anchor
  Optional Object. A Range object that represents the text to which the text box is bound. If Anchor is specified, the anchor is positioned at the beginning of the first paragraph in the anchoring range. If this argument is omitted, the anchoring range is selected automatically and the text box is positioned relative to the top and left edges of the page.

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

Shapes Interface
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace

Other Resources

Shapes Members