ControlExtensions.AddComboBox Method (ControlCollection, Single, Single, Single, Single, String)

Adds a new ComboBox control to the document in the specified size and location.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function AddComboBox ( _
    controls As ControlCollection, _
    left As Single, _
    top As Single, _
    width As Single, _
    height As Single, _
    name As String _
) As ComboBox
public static ComboBox AddComboBox(
    this ControlCollection controls,
    float left,
    float top,
    float width,
    float height,
    string name
)

Parameters

  • left
    Type: System.Single

    The distance in points between the left edge of the control and the left edge of the document.

  • top
    Type: System.Single

    The distance in points between the top edge of the control and the top edge of the document.

  • height
    Type: System.Single

    The height of the control in points.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.ComboBox
The control that was added to the document.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type ControlCollection. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

The name argument is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or has zero length.

ControlNameAlreadyExistsException

A control with the same name is already in the ControlCollection instance.

Remarks

This method enables you to add ComboBox objects to the end of the ControlCollection.

To remove a ComboBox that was added programmatically, use the Remove method.

Examples

The following code example adds a ComboBox control to the start of the document, adds two items to the combo box, and then selects the first item. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

Private Sub WordAddComboBox()
    Me.Paragraphs(1).Range.InsertParagraphBefore()
    Dim ComboBox1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls. _
        ComboBox = Me.Controls.AddComboBox(0, 0, 90.75F, _
        15.75F, "ComboBox1")
    ComboBox1.Items.Add("First Item")
    ComboBox1.Items.Add("Second Item")
    ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0
End Sub
private void WordAddComboBox()
{
    this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.ComboBox
        comboBox1 = this.Controls.AddComboBox( 0, 0,
        90.75F, 15.75F, "comboBox1");
    comboBox1.Items.Add("First Item");
    comboBox1.Items.Add("Second Item");
    comboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ControlExtensions Class

AddComboBox Overload

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace