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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.v24.2.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.OpenXml);

    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("Content Controls Date Picker.docx") { UseShellExecute = true });
}

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