SmartTag Interface

Represents a smart tag in a Word document that is customized by using the Office development tools in Visual Studio.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("2b90a8e2-4e6c-4c27-bd35-a6ba7b344223")> _
Public Interface SmartTag _
    Inherits SmartTagBase

[GuidAttribute("2b90a8e2-4e6c-4c27-bd35-a6ba7b344223")]
public interface SmartTag : SmartTagBase

The SmartTag type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Actions	Gets or sets an array of actions that are exposed by the smart tag. (Inherited from SmartTagBase.)
	Caption	Gets the name of the smart tag. (Inherited from SmartTagBase.)
	DefaultExtension	Gets the default extension for this SmartTag object.
	Expressions	Gets the collection of regular expressions that the smart tag will recognize. (Inherited from SmartTagBase.)
	Extension	Gets a custom extension for this SmartTag object.
	SmartTagType	Gets a namespace that acts as a unique identifier for the smart tag. (Inherited from SmartTagBase.)
	Terms	Gets the collection of string literals that the smart tag will recognize. (Inherited from SmartTagBase.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Remove	Removes a regular expression recognizer from the smart tag. (Inherited from SmartTagBase.)

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Remarks

To create smart tag, use the Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag method to create a SmartTag object. For information, see Smart Tags Architecture.

Usage

This type is intended to be used only in projects for Word 2007. Smart tags are deprecated in Word 2010. For more information, see Smart Tags Overview.

This documentation describes the version of this type that is used in Office projects that target the .NET Framework 4. In projects that target the .NET Framework 3.5, this type might have different members and the code examples provided for this type might not work. For documentation about this type in projects that target the .NET Framework 3.5, see the following reference section in the Visual Studio 2008 documentation: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=160658.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to create a smart tag. The smart tag action modifies the menu caption of the action at run time and displays the location of the text that was recognized.

Private WithEvents displayAddress As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action

Private Sub AddSmartTag()

    ' Create the smart tag for .NET Framework 4 projects.
    Dim smartTagDemo As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag = Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag(
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        "Demonstration Smart Tag")

    ' For .NET Framework 3.5 projects, use the following code to create the smart tag.
    ' Dim smartTagDemo As New  _
    '     Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag( _
    '     "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag", _
    '     "Demonstration Smart Tag")

    ' Specify the terms to recognize.
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("term")
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("recognize")

    ' Create the action for .NET Framework 4 projects.
    displayAddress = Globals.Factory.CreateAction("To be replaced")

    ' For .NET Framework 3.5 projects, use the following code to create the action.
    ' displayAddress = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action("To be replaced")

    ' Add the action to the smart tag.
    smartTagDemo.Actions = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action() { _
            displayAddress}

    ' Add the smart tag.
    Me.VstoSmartTags.Add(smartTagDemo)
End Sub

Private Sub DisplayAddress_BeforeCaptionShow(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ActionEventArgs) _
    Handles displayAddress.BeforeCaptionShow

    Dim clickedAction As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action = _
        TryCast(sender, Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action)

    If clickedAction IsNot Nothing Then
        clickedAction.Caption = "Display the location of " & e.Text
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub DisplayAddress_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ActionEventArgs) _
    Handles displayAddress.Click

    Dim termStart As Integer = e.Range.Start
    Dim termEnd As Integer = e.Range.End
    MsgBox("The recognized text '" & e.Text & _
            "' begins at position " & termStart & _
            " and ends at position " & termEnd)
End Sub

private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action displayAddress;

private void AddSmartTag()
{
    // Create the smart tag for .NET Framework 4 projects.
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag smartTagDemo =
        Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag(
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        "Demonstration Smart Tag");

    // For .NET Framework 3.5 projects, use the following code to create the smart tag.
    // Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag smartTagDemo =
        // new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag(
        //     "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        //     "Demonstration Smart Tag");

    // Specify the terms to recognize.
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("term");
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("recognize");

    // Create the action for .NET Framework 4 projects.
    displayAddress = Globals.Factory.CreateAction("To be replaced"); 

    // For .NET Framework 3.5 projects, use the following code to create the action.
    // displayAddress = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action("To be replaced");

    // Add the action to the smart tag.
    smartTagDemo.Actions = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action[] { 
        displayAddress };

    // Add the smart tag.
    this.VstoSmartTags.Add(smartTagDemo);

    displayAddress.BeforeCaptionShow += new
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.BeforeCaptionShowEventHandler(
        displayAddress_BeforeCaptionShow);

    displayAddress.Click += new
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ActionClickEventHandler(
        displayAddress_Click);
}

void displayAddress_BeforeCaptionShow(object sender,
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ActionEventArgs e)
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action clickedAction =
        sender as Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action;

    if (clickedAction != null)
    {
        clickedAction.Caption = "Display the location of " +
            e.Text;
    }
}

void displayAddress_Click(object sender,
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ActionEventArgs e)
{
    int termStart = e.Range.Start;
    int termEnd = e.Range.End;
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The recognized text '" + e.Text +
        "' begins at position " + termStart.ToString() +
        " and ends at position " + termEnd.ToString());
}

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace

Other Resources

Smart Tags Architecture

How to: Add Smart Tags to Word Documents

How to: Create Smart Tags With Custom Recognizers in Word and .NET Framework 3.5

Walkthrough: Creating a Smart Tag by Using a Document-Level Customization