ContentControlCollection.InsertRichTextControl(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#

ContentControlRichText InsertRichTextControl(
    DocumentPosition position
)

VB.NET

Function InsertRichTextControl(
    position As DocumentPosition
) As ContentControlRichText

Parameters

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

Returns

Type	Description
ContentControlRichText	The rich text content control.

Example

The code sample below creates a rich text content control:

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.InsertRichTextControl(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.InsertRichTextControl(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