SmartTagCollection Interface

Represents a collection of smart tags in a Word or Excel solution created by using the Office development tools in Visual Studio.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("30a90086-8c89-4e19-8299-47765d808408")> _
Public Interface SmartTagCollection _
    Inherits IEnumerable, IDisposable

[GuidAttribute("30a90086-8c89-4e19-8299-47765d808408")]
public interface SmartTagCollection : IEnumerable, 
    IDisposable

The SmartTagCollection type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Item	Gets the smart tag at the specified index.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Add	Adds a smart tag to the end of the SmartTagCollection.
	AddRange	Adds an array of smart tags to the end of the SmartTagCollection.
	BeginInit	Infrastructure.
	Contains	Determines whether the SmartTagCollection contains a specific smart tag.
	CopyTo	Copies the smart tags in the SmartTagCollection to a one-dimensional array of smart tags, starting at a specified index.
	Dispose	Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources. (Inherited from IDisposable.)
	EndInit	Infrastructure.
	GetEnumerator	Returns an enumerator that iterates through a collection. (Inherited from IEnumerable.)
	IndexOf	Determines the index of a specified smart tag in the SmartTagCollection.
	Insert	Inserts a smart tag into the SmartTagCollection at the specified index.
	Remove	Removes a smart tag from the SmartTagCollection.

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Remarks

When you create a smart tag, you add a SmartTagBase object to the Workbook.VstoSmartTags or Document.VstoSmartTags properties. These properties have the type SmartTagCollection.

For more information about smart tags in Office solutions, see Smart Tags Overview.

Usage

This type is intended to be used only in projects for Excel 2007 and Word 2007. Smart tags are deprecated in Excel 2010 and Word 2010. For more information, see Smart Tags Overview.

This documentation describes the version of this type that is used in Office projects that target the .NET Framework 4. In projects that target the .NET Framework 3.5, this type might have different members and the code examples provided for this type might not work. For documentation about this type in projects that target the .NET Framework 3.5, see the following reference section in the Visual Studio 2008 documentation: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=160658.

Examples

The following code uses the Add method to add a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag to the collection of smart tags exposed by the Workbook.VstoSmartTags property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action.

This example is for a document-level customization.

WithEvents displayAddress As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action

Private Sub AddSmartTag()

    ' Create the smart tag for .NET Framework 4 projects.
    Dim smartTagDemo As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag = _
        Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag(
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        "Demonstration Smart Tag")

    ' For .NET Framework 3.5 projects, use the following code to create the smart tag.
    ' Dim smartTagDemo As New  _
    '    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag( _
    '    "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag", _
    '    "Demonstration Smart Tag")

    ' Specify a term and an expression to recognize.
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("sale")
    smartTagDemo.Expressions.Add( _
        New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex( _
        "[I|i]ssue\s\d{5,6}"))

    ' Create the action for .NET Framework 4 projects.
    displayAddress = Globals.Factory.CreateAction("To be replaced")

    ' For .NET Framework 3.5 projects, use the following code to create the action.
    ' displayAddress = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action("To be replaced")

    ' Add the action to the smart tag.
    smartTagDemo.Actions = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action() { _
            displayAddress}

    ' Add the smart tag.
    Me.VstoSmartTags.Add(smartTagDemo)
End Sub

private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action displayAddress;

private void AddSmartTag()
{
    // Create the smart tag for .NET Framework 4 projects.
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag smartTagDemo =
        Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag(
            "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
            "Demonstration Smart Tag");

    // For .NET Framework 3.5 projects, use the following code to create the smart tag.
    // Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag smartTagDemo =
        // new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag(
        //     "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        //     "Demonstration Smart Tag");

    // Specify a term and an expression to recognize.
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("sale");
    smartTagDemo.Expressions.Add(
        new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(
        @"[I|i]ssue\s\d{5,6}"));

    // Create the action for .NET Framework 4 projects.
    displayAddress = Globals.Factory.CreateAction("To be replaced");

    // For .NET Framework 3.5 projects, use the following code to create the action.
    // displayAddress = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action("To be replaced");

    // Add the action to the smart tag.
    smartTagDemo.Actions = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action[] { 
        displayAddress };

    // Add the smart tag.
    this.VstoSmartTags.Add(smartTagDemo);

    displayAddress.BeforeCaptionShow += new 
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.BeforeCaptionShowEventHandler(
        DisplayAddress_BeforeCaptionShow);

    displayAddress.Click += new 
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ActionClickEventHandler(
        DisplayAddress_Click);
}

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Office.Tools Namespace

Other Resources

Smart Tags Overview