ShapeCollection.InsertTextBox(DocumentPosition) Method

Inserts a text box in the document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v23.2.Core.dll

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

Declaration

C#

Shape InsertTextBox(
    DocumentPosition pos
)

VB.NET

Function InsertTextBox(
    pos As DocumentPosition
) As Shape

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pos	DocumentPosition	The position of the text box’s anchor.

Returns

Type	Description
Shape	The text box embedded in the document.

Remarks

The InsertTextBox method places a text box at the beginning of the page that contains the text box’s anchor. Use the Shape.ShapeFormat.TextBox.Document property to access and modify text box content.

View Example

ShapesActions.cs

Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
document.AppendText("Line One\nLine Two\nLine Three");
Shape myTextBox = document.Shapes.InsertTextBox(document.CreatePosition(15));
myTextBox.HorizontalAlignment = ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center;
// Fill the text box with a color.
myTextBox.Fill.Color = System.Drawing.Color.WhiteSmoke;
// Draw a border around the text box.
myTextBox.Line.Color = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
myTextBox.Line.Thickness = 1;
// Modify text box content.
SubDocument textBoxDocument = myTextBox.ShapeFormat.TextBox.Document;
textBoxDocument.AppendText("Text box");
CharacterProperties cp = textBoxDocument.BeginUpdateCharacters(textBoxDocument.Range.Start, 4);
cp.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Orange;
cp.FontSize = 24;
textBoxDocument.EndUpdateCharacters(cp);

ShapesActions.vb

Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
document.AppendText("Line One" & vbLf & "Line Two" & vbLf & "Line Three")
Dim myTextBox As Shape = document.Shapes.InsertTextBox(document.CreatePosition(15))
myTextBox.HorizontalAlignment = ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center
' Fill the text box with a color.
myTextBox.Fill.Color = System.Drawing.Color.WhiteSmoke
' Draw a border around the text box.
myTextBox.Line.Color = System.Drawing.Color.Black
myTextBox.Line.Thickness = 1
' Modify text box content.
Dim textBoxDocument As SubDocument = myTextBox.ShapeFormat.TextBox.Document
textBoxDocument.AppendText("Text box")
Dim cp As CharacterProperties = textBoxDocument.BeginUpdateCharacters(textBoxDocument.Range.Start, 4)
cp.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Orange
cp.FontSize = 24
textBoxDocument.EndUpdateCharacters(cp)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-add-a-watermark-to-the-document/CS/Form1.cs#L29

subDocument.Delete(subDocument.Range);
Shape shape = subDocument.Shapes.InsertTextBox(subDocument.Range.Start);
shape.ShapeFormat.TextBox.Document.AppendText(text);

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.cs#L65

document.AppendText("Line One\nLine Two\nLine Three");
Shape myTextBox = document.Shapes.InsertTextBox(document.CreatePosition(15));
myTextBox.HorizontalAlignment = ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center;

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.cs#L106

// Insert a text box at the specified position.
Shape myTextBox = document.Shapes.InsertTextBox(document.CreatePosition(15));

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Shapes.cs#L54

document.AppendText("Line One\nLine Two\nLine Three");
Shape myTextBox = document.Shapes.InsertTextBox(document.CreatePosition(15));
myTextBox.HorizontalAlignment = ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center;

VB.NET

how-to-add-a-watermark-to-the-document/VB/Form1.vb#L31

subDocument.Delete(subDocument.Range)
Dim shape As Shape = subDocument.Shapes.InsertTextBox(subDocument.Range.Start)
shape.ShapeFormat.TextBox.Document.AppendText(text)

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.vb#L56

document.AppendText("Line One" & vbLf & "Line Two" & vbLf & "Line Three")
Dim myTextBox As Shape = document.Shapes.InsertTextBox(document.CreatePosition(15))
myTextBox.HorizontalAlignment = ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.vb#L88

' Insert a text box at the specified position.
Dim myTextBox As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Shape = document.Shapes.InsertTextBox(document.CreatePosition(15))
' Align the text box horizontally.

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Shapes.vb#L49

document.AppendText("Line One" & Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbLf & "Line Two" & Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbLf & "Line Three")
Dim myTextBox As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Shape = document.Shapes.InsertTextBox(document.CreatePosition(15))
myTextBox.HorizontalAlignment = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center