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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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