ContentControl.BuildingBlockType Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word

Assembly:

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll

Gets or sets the type of the building blocks that are displayed in a ContentControl that represents a building block gallery.

public:
 property Microsoft::Office::Interop::Word::WdBuildingBlockTypes BuildingBlockType { Microsoft::Office::Interop::Word::WdBuildingBlockTypes get(); void set(Microsoft::Office::Interop::Word::WdBuildingBlockTypes value); };

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdBuildingBlockTypes BuildingBlockType { get; set; }

member this.BuildingBlockType : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdBuildingBlockTypes with get, set

Public Property BuildingBlockType As WdBuildingBlockTypes

Property Value

WdBuildingBlockTypes

The type of the building blocks that are displayed in the control.

Exceptions

COMException

The property is set to a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdBuildingBlockTypes value that identifies a category of building blocks that cannot be displayed in a ContentControl.

Remarks

This property is intended to be used only if the Type property of the ContentControl has the value Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdContentControlType.wdContentControlBuildingBlockGallery. Otherwise, this property does nothing.

All building blocks belong to a gallery and a category. Use the BuildingBlockType property to specify which gallery of building blocks to display in the ContentControl.

A ContentControl can display only certain galleries of building blocks. The BuildingBlockType property can be set only to the following Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdBuildingBlockTypes values:

• wdTypeAutoText

• wdTypeCustom1

• wdTypeCustom2

• wdTypeCustom3

• wdTypeCustom4

• wdTypeCustom5

• wdTypeCustomAutoText

• wdTypeCustomEquations

• wdTypeCustomQuickParts

• wdTypeCustomTables

• wdTypeEquations

• wdTypeQuickParts

• wdTypeTables

To specify the category of building blocks that are displayed by the ContentControl, use the BuildingBlockCategory property.