ScreenTip

FieldAutoTextList.ScreenTip property

Gets or sets the text of the ScreenTip to show.

public string ScreenTip { get; set; }

Examples

Shows how to use an AUTOTEXTLIST field to select from a list of AutoText entries.

public void FieldAutoTextList()
{
    Document doc = new Document();

    // Create a glossary document and populate it with auto text entries.
    doc.GlossaryDocument = new GlossaryDocument();
    AppendAutoTextEntry(doc.GlossaryDocument, "AutoText 1", "Contents of AutoText 1");
    AppendAutoTextEntry(doc.GlossaryDocument, "AutoText 2", "Contents of AutoText 2");
    AppendAutoTextEntry(doc.GlossaryDocument, "AutoText 3", "Contents of AutoText 3");

    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Create an AUTOTEXTLIST field and set the text that the field will display in Microsoft Word.
    // Set the text to prompt the user to right-click this field to select an AutoText building block,
    // whose contents the field will display.
    FieldAutoTextList field = (FieldAutoTextList)builder.InsertField(FieldType.FieldAutoTextList, true);
    field.EntryName = "Right click here to select an AutoText block";
    field.ListStyle = "Heading 1";
    field.ScreenTip = "Hover tip text for AutoTextList goes here";

    Assert.AreEqual(" AUTOTEXTLIST  \"Right click here to select an AutoText block\" " +
                    "\\s \"Heading 1\" " +
                    "\\t \"Hover tip text for AutoTextList goes here\"", field.GetFieldCode());

    doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Field.AUTOTEXTLIST.dotx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Create an AutoText-type building block and add it to a glossary document.
/// </summary>
private static void AppendAutoTextEntry(GlossaryDocument glossaryDoc, string name, string contents)
{
    BuildingBlock buildingBlock = new BuildingBlock(glossaryDoc);
    buildingBlock.Name = name;
    buildingBlock.Gallery = BuildingBlockGallery.AutoText;
    buildingBlock.Category = "General";
    buildingBlock.Behavior = BuildingBlockBehavior.Paragraph;

    Section section = new Section(glossaryDoc);
    section.AppendChild(new Body(glossaryDoc));
    section.Body.AppendParagraph(contents);
    buildingBlock.AppendChild(section);

    glossaryDoc.AppendChild(buildingBlock);
}

See Also

FieldAutoTextList.ListStyle