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ContentControlCollection.InsertRichTextControl(DocumentPosition) Method

Creates a plain text 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

ContentControlRichText InsertRichTextControl(
    DocumentPosition position
)

#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:

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");
}
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