Button.Activate Method

Activates the Button.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Activate
public void Activate()

Examples

The following code example adds two Button controls to a document and then programmatically activates the first button by using the Activate method.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private Sub ActivateControl()
    Dim Button1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button = _
        Me.Controls.AddButton(25, 25, 80, 30, "Button1")
    Button1.Text = "Button 1" 

    Dim Button2 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button = _
        Me.Controls.AddButton(25, 100, 80, 30, "Button2")
    Button2.Text = "Button 2" 

    ' Programmatically activate the first button.
    Button1.Activate()
End Sub
private void ActivateControl()
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button button1 =
        this.Controls.AddButton(25, 25, 80, 30, "button1");
    button1.Text = "Button 1";

    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button button2 =
        this.Controls.AddButton(25, 100, 80, 30, "button2");
    button2.Text = "Button 2";

    // Programmatically activate the first button.
    button1.Activate();
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Button Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls Namespace