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    ContentControlCollection.InsertDatePickerControl(DocumentPosition) Method

    Creates a date picker content control at the specified document position.

    Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

    Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.1.Core.dll

    NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

    #Declaration

    ContentControlDate InsertDatePickerControl(
        DocumentPosition position
    )

    #Parameters

    Name Type Description
    position DocumentPosition

    The document position where the content control should be located.

    #Returns

    Type Description
    ContentControlDate

    The date picker content control.

    #Example

    The code sample below creates a date picker control:

    date picker in word processing

    using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
    using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
    
    using (var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer()){
    
        wordProcessor.CreateNewDocument();
        Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
        var contentControls = document.ContentControls;
    
        var datePicker = contentControls.InsertDatePickerControl(document.Range.Start);
        datePicker.Date = DateTime.Now;
        datePicker.DateFormat = "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy";
        datePicker.Color = System.Drawing.Color.RebeccaPurple;
        wordProcessor.SaveDocument("Content Controls Date Picker.docx", DocumentFormat.Docx);
    
        Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("Content Controls Date Picker.docx") { UseShellExecute = true });
    }
    

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