ApplicationFactory.CreateSmartTag Method

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Creates a SmartTag object that represents a smart tag on a document. This type or member is intended to be used only in projects for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Smart tags are deprecated in Office 2010. .

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateSmartTag ( _
    smartTagType As String, _
    caption As String, _
    extension As ISmartTagExtension _
) As SmartTag

SmartTag CreateSmartTag(
    string smartTagType,
    string caption,
    ISmartTagExtension extension
)

Parameters

  • smartTagType
    Type: System.String

    A unique identifier for the smart tag, composed of a namespace URI and a tag type name separated by a number sign (#).

  • caption
    Type: System.String

    The name of the smart tag, which is displayed on the smart tag menu.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag
The new smart tag.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

smartTagType or caption is either nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or empty, or smartTagType is not valid.

Remarks

An example of a valid string for the smartTagType parameter is http://smarttags.contoso.com#TagName. A well-formed smart tag type string does not contain white space, and it starts with a letter (a-z, A-Z), an underscore (_) or a colon (:).

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to create a smart tag and an action in a Word add-in project. To use this example, run the code from the ThisAddIn class.

Dim simpleSmartTag As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag =
    Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag(
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        "Test Smart Tag")
Dim simpleAction As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action =
    Globals.Factory.CreateAction("Test Action")

simpleSmartTag.Terms.Add("blue")
simpleSmartTag.Actions = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action() { _
    simpleAction}
Me.VstoSmartTags.Add(simpleSmartTag)

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SmartTag simpleSmartTag =
    Globals.Factory.CreateSmartTag(
    "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
    "Test Smart Tag");
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action simpleAction =
    Globals.Factory.CreateAction("Test Action");

simpleSmartTag.Terms.Add("blue");
simpleSmartTag.Actions = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Action[] { 
    simpleAction };
this.VstoSmartTags.Add(simpleSmartTag);

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See Also

Reference

ApplicationFactory Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace