ContentControlCollection.InsertPlainTextControl(DocumentPosition) Method

Creates a plain text content control at the specified document position.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

ContentControlPlainText InsertPlainTextControl(
    DocumentPosition position
)

VB.NET

Function InsertPlainTextControl(
    position As DocumentPosition
) As ContentControlPlainText

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
position	DocumentPosition	The document position where the content control should be located.

Returns

Type	Description
ContentControlPlainText	The plain text content control.

Example

C#

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");
}

VB.NET

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

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

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);