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ContentControl.XMLMapping Property

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Returns an XMLMapping object that represents the mapping of a content control to XML data in the data store of a document. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.XMLMapping

expression   An expression that returns a ContentControl object.

Example

The following example sets the built-in Author document property and adds a new content control to the active document, and then sets the mapping for the control to the value of the built-in document property.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim objCC As ContentControl
Dim objMap As XMLMapping
Dim blnMap As Boolean

ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Author").Value = "David Jaffe"


Set objCC = ActiveDocument.ContentControls.Add _
(wdContentControlText, ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range)


Set objMap = objCC.XMLMapping
blnMap = objMap.SetMapping(XPath:="/ns1:coreProperties[1]/ns0:creator[1]")


If blnMap = False Then
MsgBox "Unable to map the content control."
End If

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