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Creates a plain text content control at the specified document position.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
Assembly : DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.2.Core.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.RichEdit.Core
ContentControlPlainText InsertPlainTextControl(
DocumentPosition position
)
Function InsertPlainTextControl(
position As DocumentPosition
) As ContentControlPlainText
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| position | DocumentPosition |
The document position where the content control should be located.
|
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| ContentControlPlainText |
The plain text content control.
|
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using (var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer()) {
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Content Controls.docx");
Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
var contentControls = document.ContentControls;
// Insert a form to enter a name:
var namePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs[0].Range.End.ToInt() - 1);
var nameControl = contentControls.InsertPlainTextControl(namePosition);
// Insert a text to a content control:
var nameTextPosition = document.CreatePosition(nameControl.Range.Start.ToInt() + 1);
document.InsertText(nameTextPosition, "Click to enter a name");
}
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Using wordProcessor = New RichEditDocumentServer()
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Content Controls.docx")
Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
Dim contentControls = document.ContentControls
' Insert a form to enter a name:
Dim namePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs(0).Range.End.ToInt() - 1)
Dim nameControl = contentControls.InsertPlainTextControl(namePosition)
' Insert a text to a content control:
Dim nameTextPosition = document.CreatePosition(nameControl.Range.Start.ToInt() + 1)
document.InsertText(nameTextPosition, "Click to enter a name")
End Using
The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the InsertPlainTextControl(DocumentPosition) method.
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wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/ContentControlActions.cs#L21
var namePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs[0].Range.End.ToInt() - 1);
var nameControl = contentControls.InsertPlainTextControl(namePosition);
winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/ContentControls.cs#L22
var namePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs[0].Range.End.ToInt() - 1);
var nameControl = contentControls.InsertPlainTextControl(namePosition);
word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/ContentControlsActions.cs#L24
var namePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs[0].Range.End.ToInt() - 1);
var nameControl = contentControls.InsertPlainTextControl(namePosition);
winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/ContentControls.vb#L20
Dim namePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs(CInt((0))).Range.[End].ToInt() - 1)
Dim nameControl = contentControls.InsertPlainTextControl(namePosition)
' Insert text in a content control:
See Also
ContentControlCollection Interface