ControlExtensions.AddMaskedTextBox Method (ControlCollection, Double, Double, Double, Double, String)

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07/25/2011

Adds a new MaskedTextBox control to the document in the specified size and location.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function AddMaskedTextBox ( _
    controls As ControlCollection, _
    left As Double, _
    top As Double, _
    width As Double, _
    height As Double, _
    name As String _
) As MaskedTextBox

public static MaskedTextBox AddMaskedTextBox(
    this ControlCollection controls,
    double left,
    double top,
    double width,
    double height,
    string name
)

Parameters

controls
Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ControlCollection
The collection to add the control to. Do not supply this parameter yourself. When you call this method on the collection returned by the Worksheet.Controls property (in an application-level project) or the WorksheetBase.Controls property (in a document-level project), this parameter is supplied automatically.

left
Type: System.Double
The distance in points between the left edge of the control and the left edge of the document.

top
Type: System.Double
The distance in points between the top edge of the control and the top edge of the document.

width
Type: System.Double
The width of the control in points.

height
Type: System.Double
The height of the control in points.

name
Type: System.String
The name of the control that can be used to index the control in the ControlCollection instance.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.MaskedTextBox
The MaskedTextBox control that was added to the ControlCollection instance.

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).

Remarks

This method enables you to add MaskedTextBox objects to the end of the ControlCollection. To remove a MaskedTextBox that was previously added programmatically, use the Remove method.

Examples

The following code example adds a MaskedTextBox control to the top of the worksheet, and then sets the Mask property to 00/00/0000. To use this example, run it from the Sheet1 class in a document-level project.

    Private Sub ExcelAddMaskedTextBox()

        Dim MaskedTextBox1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools. _
            Excel.Controls.MaskedTextBox = Me.Controls. _
            AddMaskedTextBox(0, 0, 75, 15, "MaskedTextBox1")
        MaskedTextBox1.Mask = "00/00/0000"

    End Sub

private void ExcelAddMaskedTextBox()
{

    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.MaskedTextBox
         maskedTextBox1 = this.Controls.AddMaskedTextBox(
         0, 0, 75, 15, "maskedTextBox1");
    maskedTextBox1.Mask = "00/00/0000";
}

.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.

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