How to add a text box with scroll bar inside a word document?

Question

Hi all,

I would like to add a text box inside a word document. It should contain a scroll bar. IS there any way to do that. Please advise.

Answer 1

Hi skh.hari,

Since I don't know which one will you prefer, so I've used two methods.
1. Add a UserControl to the project, on the UserControl you can just drag the textbox you need to the panel and
set the ScrollBar property to Both, Horizontal, Vertical etc according to your own needs.
Then you can add the usercontrol to the ActionPane of the document.
I've made a Word Document Project. Here is the code snippet.

 private UserControl1 myControl1;
    private void ThisDocument_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
      myControl1 = new UserControl1();
      this.ActionsPane.Controls.Add(myControl1);      
    }

And the effect of it is like that:



2. If you want the textBox embedded in the document. Then the code snippet is:

 private UserControl1 myTreeControl1;
    private void ThisDocument_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
      myTreeControl1 = new UserControl1();
           Word.Application myApp = this.Application;
      
      this.Paragraphs[1].Range.InsertParagraphBefore();
      Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.TextBox
         textBox1 = this.Controls.AddTextBox(
         this.Paragraphs[1].Range, 75, 15, "textBox1");
      Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.RichTextBox
        richTextBox1 = this.Controls.AddRichTextBox(this.Paragraphs[2].Range,75,35,"richTextBox1");
      myApp.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.Zoom.Percentage = 100;
      
    }

And the effect is like that:

Furthermore, here is a link about AddTextBox method, hope it will be helpful.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a45d7wyb(VS.90).aspx

Any further questions or if I misunderstood you, please feel free to contact. Thank you!

Best Regards,
Amy Li

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Answer 2

Hi skh.hari

Mmm, Amy's suggestion assumes you're using VSTO...

Are you working with VSTO, or something else? Which version of Word is involved, here? Which programming environment are you working in?

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Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP

Answer 3

Thanks very much... To all of you... You people are right. Thanks  once again.