DropDownListContentControl.DropDownListEntries Property (2007 System)

Gets the collection of items that are displayed by the DropDownListContentControl.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v9.0 (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<TypeConverterAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.OfficeTools.Word2007.Design.DropDownListConverter, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.Designer.Office2007, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")> _
Public ReadOnly Property DropDownListEntries As ContentControlListEntries

'Usage
Dim instance As DropDownListContentControl 
Dim value As ContentControlListEntries 

value = instance.DropDownListEntries

[TypeConverterAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.OfficeTools.Word2007.Design.DropDownListConverter, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.Designer.Office2007, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public ContentControlListEntries DropDownListEntries { get; }

[TypeConverterAttribute(L"Microsoft.VisualStudio.OfficeTools.Word2007.Design.DropDownListConverter, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.Designer.Office2007, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public:
property ContentControlListEntries^ DropDownListEntries {
    ContentControlListEntries^ get ();
}

public function get DropDownListEntries () : ContentControlListEntries

Property Value

Type: ContentControlListEntries
A ContentControlListEntries object that contains the items that are displayed by the DropDownListContentControl.

Remarks

When you add a DropDownListContentControl to a document, it contains no items by default. To add items, use the Add method of the DropDownListEntries property.

Examples

The following code example adds a new DropDownListContentControl to the beginning of the document. The example uses the DropDownListEntries property to add the names of several days to the list of items that users can select in the control.

This version is for a document-level customization. To use this code, paste it into the ThisDocument class in your project, and call the AddDropDownListControlAtSelection method from the ThisDocument_Startup method.

Dim dropDownListControl1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.DropDownListContentControl

Private Sub AddDropDownListControlAtSelection()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select()
    dropDownListControl1 = Me.Controls.AddDropDownListContentControl("dropDownListControl1")
    With dropDownListControl1
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Monday", "Monday", 0)
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Tuesday", "Tuesday", 1)
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Wednesday", "Wednesday", 2)
        .PlaceholderText = "Choose a day" 
    End With 
End Sub

private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.DropDownListContentControl dropDownListControl1;

private void AddDropDownListControlAtSelection()
{
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.Select();

    dropDownListControl1 = this.Controls.AddDropDownListContentControl("dropDownListControl1");
    dropDownListControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Monday", "Monday", 0);
    dropDownListControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Tuesday", "Tuesday", 1);
    dropDownListControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Wednesday", "Wednesday", 2);
    dropDownListControl1.PlaceholderText = "Choose a day";
}

This version is for an application-level add-in. To use this code, paste it into the ThisAddIn class in your project, and call the AddDropDownListControlAtSelection method from the ThisAddIn_Startup method.

Dim dropDownListControl1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.DropDownListContentControl

Private Sub AddDropDownListControlAtSelection()
    If Me.Application.ActiveDocument Is Nothing Then 
        Return 
    End If 

    Dim vstoDoc As Document = Me.Application.ActiveDocument.GetVstoObject()
    vstoDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    vstoDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select()
    dropDownListControl1 = vstoDoc.Controls.AddDropDownListContentControl("dropDownListControl1")
    With dropDownListControl1
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Monday", "Monday", 0)
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Tuesday", "Tuesday", 1)
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Wednesday", "Wednesday", 2)
        .PlaceholderText = "Choose a day" 
    End With 
End Sub

private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.DropDownListContentControl dropDownListControl1;

private void AddDropDownListControlAtSelection()
{
    if (this.Application.ActiveDocument == null)
        return;

    Document vstoDoc = this.Application.ActiveDocument.GetVstoObject();
    vstoDoc.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    vstoDoc.Paragraphs[1].Range.Select();

    dropDownListControl1 = vstoDoc.Controls.AddDropDownListContentControl("dropDownListControl1");
    dropDownListControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Monday", "Monday", 0);
    dropDownListControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Tuesday", "Tuesday", 1);
    dropDownListControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Wednesday", "Wednesday", 2);
    dropDownListControl1.PlaceholderText = "Choose a day";
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

DropDownListContentControl Class

DropDownListContentControl Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace

Change History

Date	History	Reason
July 2008	Added a version of the code example for an application-level add-in.	SP1 feature change.