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ApplicationFactory.CreateAction Method

Creates a Action object that represents an action for a smart tag. This type or member is intended to be used only in projects for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Smart tags are deprecated in Office 2010. .

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateAction ( _
    caption As String _
) As Action
Action CreateAction(
    string caption
)

Parameters

  • caption
    Type: System.String

    The name of the action, which is displayed by the smart tag menu.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action
The new smart tag action.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to create a smart tag and an action in a Word add-in project. To use this example, run the code from the ThisAddIn class.

Dim simpleSmartTag As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag =
    Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag(
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        "Test Smart Tag")
Dim simpleAction As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action =
    Globals.Factory.CreateAction("Test Action")

simpleSmartTag.Terms.Add("blue")
simpleSmartTag.Actions = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action() { _
    simpleAction}
Me.VstoSmartTags.Add(simpleSmartTag)
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag simpleSmartTag =
    Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag(
    "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
    "Test Smart Tag");
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action simpleAction =
    Globals.Factory.CreateAction("Test Action");

simpleSmartTag.Terms.Add("blue");
simpleSmartTag.Actions = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action[] { 
    simpleAction };
this.VstoSmartTags.Add(simpleSmartTag);

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See Also

Reference

ApplicationFactory Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace