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

C#

ContentControlDate InsertDatePickerControl(
    DocumentPosition position
)

VB.NET

Function InsertDatePickerControl(
    position As DocumentPosition
) As ContentControlDate

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:

C#

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 });
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Using wordProcessor = New RichEditDocumentServer()

  wordProcessor.CreateNewDocument()
  Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
  Dim contentControls = document.ContentControls

  Dim datePicker = contentControls.InsertDatePickerControl(document.Range.Start)
  datePicker.Date = Date.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") With {.UseShellExecute = True})
End Using

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/ContentControlActions.cs#L40

var datePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs[2].Range.End.ToInt() - 1);
var datePicker = contentControls.InsertDatePickerControl(datePosition);
datePicker.DateFormat = "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy";

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/ContentControls.cs#L41

var datePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs[2].Range.End.ToInt() - 1);
var datePicker = contentControls.InsertDatePickerControl(datePosition);
datePicker.DateFormat = "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy";

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/ContentControlsActions.cs#L43

var datePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs[2].Range.End.ToInt() - 1);
var datePicker = contentControls.InsertDatePickerControl(datePosition);
datePicker.DateFormat = "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy";

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/ContentControls.vb#L34

Dim datePosition = document.CreatePosition(document.Paragraphs(CInt((2))).Range.[End].ToInt() - 1)
Dim datePicker = contentControls.InsertDatePickerControl(datePosition)
datePicker.DateFormat = "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy"