ContentControl Members (Word)

An individual content control. Content controls are bounded and potentially labeled regions in a document that serve as containers for specific types of content. Individual content controls may contain contents such as dates, lists, or paragraphs of formatted text. The ContentControl object is a member of the ContentControls collection.

Methods

Name	Description
Copy	Copies the content control from the active document to the Clipboard.
Cut	Removes the content control from the active document and moves the content control to the Clipboard.
Delete	Deletes the specified content control and the contents of the content control.
SetCheckedSymbol	Sets the symbol used to represent the checked state of a check box content control.
SetPlaceholderText	Sets the placeholder text that displays in the content control until a user enters their own text.
SetUncheckedSymbol	Sets the symbol used to represent the unchecked state of a check box content control.
Ungroup	Removes a group content control from a document so that its child content controls are no longer nested and can be freely edited.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
BuildingBlockCategory	Returns or sets a String that represents the category for a building block content control. Read/write.
BuildingBlockType	Returns or sets a WdBuildingBlockTypes constant that represents they type of building block for a building block content control. Read/write.
Checked	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents the current state (checked/unchecked) for a check box. Read/Write.
Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the add-in was created. Read-only Long.
DateCalendarType	Returns or sets a WdCalendarType constant that represents the calendar type for a calendar content control. Read/write.
DateDisplayFormat	Returns or sets a String that represents the format in which dates are displayed. Read/write.
DateDisplayLocale	Returns a WdLanguageID that represents the language format for the date displayed in a date content control. Read/write.
DateStorageFormat	Returns or sets a WdContentControlDateStorageFormat that represents the format for storage and retrieval of dates when a date content control is bound to the XML data store of the active document. Read/write.
DefaultTextStyle	Returns or sets a Variant that represents the name of the character style to use to format text in a text content control. Read/write.
DropdownListEntries	Returns a ContentControlListEntries collection that represents the items in a drop-down list content control or in a combo box content control. Read-only.
ID	Returns a String that represents the identification for a content control. Read-only.
LockContentControl	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether the user can delete a content control from the active document. Read/write.
LockContents	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether the user can edit the contents of a content control. Read/write.
MultiLine	Returns a Boolean that represents whether a text content control allows multiple lines of text. Read/write.
Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified ContentControl object.
ParentContentControl	Returns a ContentControl that represents the parent content control for a content control that is nested inside a rich-text control or group control. Read-only.
PlaceholderText	Returns a BuildingBlock object that represents the placeholder text for a content control. Read-only.
Range	Returns a Range that represents the contents of the content control in the active document. Read-only.
ShowingPlaceholderText	Returns a Boolean that indicates whether the placeholder text for the content control is displayed. Read-only.
Tag	Returns or sets a String that represents a value to identify a content control. Read/write.
Temporary	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to remove a content control from the active document when the user edits the contents of the control. Read/write.
Title	Returns or sets a String that represents the title for a content control. Read/write.
Type	Returns or sets a WdContentControlType that represents the type for a content control. Read/write.
XMLMapping	Returns an XMLMapping object that represents the mapping of a content control to XML data in the data store of a document. Read-only.