ControlCollection.AddComboBoxContentControl Method (String)

Adds a new ComboBoxContentControl at the current selection in the document.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddComboBoxContentControl ( _
    name As String _
) As ComboBoxContentControl

ComboBoxContentControl AddComboBoxContentControl(
    string name
)

Parameters

• name
  Type: System.String

  The name of the new control.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ComboBoxContentControl
The ComboBoxContentControl that was added to the document.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	name is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or has zero length.
ControlNameAlreadyExistsException	A control with the same name is already in the ControlCollection.

Remarks

Use this method to add a new ComboBoxContentControl at the current selection in the document at run time. For more information, see Adding Controls to Office Documents at Run Time.

Examples

The following code example adds a new ComboBoxContentControl to the beginning of the document. The example also adds the names of several colors 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 AddComboBoxControlAtSelection method from the ThisDocument_Startup method.

Dim comboBoxControl1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ComboBoxContentControl

Private Sub AddComboBoxControlAtSelection()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select()
    comboBoxControl1 = Me.Controls.AddComboBoxContentControl("comboBoxControl1")
    With comboBoxControl1
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Red", "Red", 0)
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Green", "Green", 1)
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Blue", "Blue", 2)
        .PlaceholderText = "Choose a color, or enter your own" 
    End With 
End Sub

private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ComboBoxContentControl comboBoxControl1;

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

    comboBoxControl1 = this.Controls.AddComboBoxContentControl("comboBoxControl1");
    comboBoxControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Red", "Red", 0);
    comboBoxControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Green", "Green", 1);
    comboBoxControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Blue", "Blue", 2);
    comboBoxControl1.PlaceholderText = "Choose a color, or enter your own";
}

This version is for an application-level add-in that targets the .NET Framework 4 or the .NET Framework 4.5. To use this code, paste it into the ThisAddIn class in your project, and call the AddComboBoxControlAtSelection method from the ThisAddIn_Startup method.

Dim comboBoxControl1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ComboBoxContentControl

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

    Dim vstoDoc As Document = Globals.Factory.GetVstoObject(Me.Application.ActiveDocument)
    vstoDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    vstoDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select()
    comboBoxControl1 = vstoDoc.Controls.AddComboBoxContentControl("comboBoxControl1")
    With comboBoxControl1
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Red", "Red", 0)
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Green", "Green", 1)
        .DropDownListEntries.Add("Blue", "Blue", 2)
        .PlaceholderText = "Choose a color, or enter your own" 
    End With 
End Sub

private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ComboBoxContentControl comboBoxControl1;

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

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

    comboBoxControl1 = vstoDoc.Controls.AddComboBoxContentControl(
        "comboBoxControl1");
    comboBoxControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Red", "Red", 0);
    comboBoxControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Green", "Green", 1);
    comboBoxControl1.DropDownListEntries.Add("Blue", "Blue", 2);
    comboBoxControl1.PlaceholderText = "Choose a color, or enter your own";            
}

.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

ControlCollection Interface

AddComboBoxContentControl Overload

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace

Other Resources

Adding Controls to Office Documents at Run Time

How to: Add Content Controls to Word Documents