FormFieldCollection.InsertCheckBox(DocumentPosition) Method

Inserts a CheckBox object at a given document position.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

CheckBox InsertCheckBox(
    DocumentPosition position
)

VB.NET

Function InsertCheckBox(
    position As DocumentPosition
) As CheckBox

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
position	DocumentPosition	A DocumentPosition object that is the position within the document to place the checkbox.

Returns

Type	Description
CheckBox	A CheckBox object that is the target checkbox.

Remarks

Note

Checkboxes cannot be inserted to the document header,footer, comment or floating objects (text boxes or shapes). Otherwise, an exception occurs.

Example

View Example

FormFieldsActions.cs

DocumentPosition currentPosition = server.Document.Range.Start;
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CheckBox checkBox = server.Document.FormFields.InsertCheckBox(currentPosition);
checkBox.Name = "check1";
checkBox.State = CheckBoxState.Checked;
checkBox.SizeMode = CheckBoxSizeMode.Auto;
checkBox.HelpTextType = FormFieldTextType.Custom;
checkBox.HelpText = "help text";

FormFieldsActions.vb

Dim currentPosition As DocumentPosition = server.Document.Range.Start
Dim checkBox As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CheckBox = server.Document.FormFields.InsertCheckBox(currentPosition)
checkBox.Name = "check1"
checkBox.State = CheckBoxState.Checked
checkBox.SizeMode = CheckBoxSizeMode.Auto
checkBox.HelpTextType = FormFieldTextType.Custom
checkBox.HelpText = "help text"

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/FormFieldsActions.cs#L16

DocumentPosition currentPosition = document.CaretPosition;
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CheckBox checkBox = document.FormFields.InsertCheckBox(currentPosition);
checkBox.Name = "check1";

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/FormFields.cs#L18

SubDocument currentDocument = currentPosition.BeginUpdateDocument();
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CheckBox checkBox = document.FormFields.InsertCheckBox(currentPosition);
checkBox.Name = "check1";

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/FormFieldsActions.cs#L22

// Insert a checkbox at the specified position.
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CheckBox checkBox = wordProcessor.Document.FormFields.InsertCheckBox(currentPosition);

VB.NET

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/FormFieldsActions.vb#L13

Dim currentPosition As DocumentPosition = document.CaretPosition
Dim checkBox As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CheckBox = document.FormFields.InsertCheckBox(currentPosition)
checkBox.Name = "check1"

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/FormFields.vb#L16

Dim currentDocument As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.SubDocument = currentPosition.BeginUpdateDocument()
Dim checkBox As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CheckBox = document.FormFields.InsertCheckBox(currentPosition)
checkBox.Name = "check1"

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/FormFieldsActions.vb#L20

' Insert a checkbox at the specified position.
Dim checkBox As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CheckBox = wordProcessor.Document.FormFields.InsertCheckBox(currentPosition)
' Specify the checkbox properties.