Word VSTO and label

Question

Can i add a label in a VSTO Word document?I've tried and i get an error  ( Element not found).

Answer 1

Could you please provide more information

 

1. The Version of VSTO (2005 or 2008)

 

2. The version of Word (2003 or 2007)

 

3. What kind of label (one would assume a WinForms label, but it's always dangerous to assume)

 

4. The code that's causing the error (and any supporting code to help us understand what's going on)

 

Answer 2

I'm using VSTO 2005 for developing a Word 2003 document project.

Code Block

Word.Range ft = this.Sections[1].Headers[Word.WdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary].Range;
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Label lbl = this.Controls.AddLabel(ft, 100, 100, "label1");

and i get the error:

Code Block

Element not found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070490)


************** Exception Text **************
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80070490): Element not found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070490)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.IHostItemProvider.GetHostExtender(String extenderType, String extenderCookie, Object& extenderObject)
   at Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ControlCollection.InternalInlineAdd[T](Range range, Single width, Single height, String name)
   at Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.ControlCollection.AddLabel(Range range, Single width, Single height, String name)
   at CustomDocument.ThisDocument.ThisDocument_Startup(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\CustomDocument\CustomDocument\ThisDocument.cs:line 465
   at Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Document.OnStartup()
   at CustomDocument.ThisDocument.FinishInitialization() in C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\CustomDocument\CustomDocument\ThisDocument.Designer.cs:line 66
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.AppDomainManagerInternal.ExecutePhase(String methodName)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.AppDomainManagerInternal.ExecuteEntryPointsHelper()


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime
    Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.816
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.dll
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Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common
    Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.816
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.dll
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System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
CustomDocument
    Assembly Version: 1.4.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.4.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/user/My%20Documents/Visual%20Studio%202005/Projects/CustomDocument/CustomDocument/bin/Release/CustomDocument.DLL
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Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
    Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.816
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll
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Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
    Assembly Version: 11.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 11.0.5530
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC/Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word/11.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll
----------------------------------------
office
    Assembly Version: 11.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 11.0.5530
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC/office/11.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/office.dll
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System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Data
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
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Accessibility
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
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System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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System.Transactions
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Transactions/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Transactions.dll
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System.EnterpriseServices
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.EnterpriseServices/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.EnterpriseServices.dll
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Microsoft.VisualStudio.OfficeTools.Controls.ManagedWrapper
    Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.42
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualStudio.OfficeTools.Controls.ManagedWrapper/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualStudio.OfficeTools.Controls.ManagedWrapper.dll
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Answer 3

Hi Mihai

 

It appears Word/VSTO doesn't support inserting a WinForms control into the Header/Footer region of a Word document. I've tried every way I can think of, including trying to use a Pane in the Normal view. But I always get the error. It's also not allowed working in the VSTO Designer.

 

Why do you want to insert a Label control into the document's header? Perhaps there's an alternate approach you can use, such as inserting a graphics object...

 

Answer 4

Hi Mihai,

 

I agree with Cindy, VSTO does not support to insert winform control into these three places:

• header
• footer
• subdocument

You can get official document about this in the following link: (The Note in section of Adding Controls at Design Time)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0x6hstz2(VS.80).aspx

I am marking Cindy's post as answer, for I also think the right direction you need to go is use text or inlineshap instead of winform label control.

 

 

Thanks

Ji