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

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

Parameters

  • range
    Type: Range

    The location of the control.

  • height
    Type: System.Single

    The height of the control in points.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.CheckedListBox
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 CheckedListBox objects to the end of the ControlCollection.

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

Examples

The following code example adds a CheckedListBox control to the first paragraph in the document, adds two items to the checked list box, and then selects the First Item check box. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

Private Sub WordRangeAddCheckedListBox()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Dim CheckedListBox1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word. _
        Controls.CheckedListBox = Me.Controls.AddCheckedListBox( _
        Me.Paragraphs(1).Range, 90, 66.75F, "CheckedListBox1")
    CheckedListBox1.Items.Add("First Item")
    CheckedListBox1.Items.Add("Second Item")
    CheckedListBox1.SetItemChecked(0, True)
End Sub
private void WordRangeAddCheckedListBox()
{
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.CheckedListBox 
        checkedListBox1 = this.Controls.AddCheckedListBox(
        this.Paragraphs[1].Range, 90, 66.75F, "checkedListBox1");
    checkedListBox1.Items.Add("First Item");
    checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Second Item");
    checkedListBox1.SetItemChecked(0, true);
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ControlExtensions Class

AddCheckedListBox Overload

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace