Create text box and set color

The example shows you how to create text box and set color.
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.ConnectType;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.HorizontalPosition;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.Position;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.RelativeHorizontalPosition;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.RelativeVerticalPosition;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.ShapePath;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.ShapeTemplate;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.Stroke;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.StrokeJoinStyle;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.TextBox;
import com.independentsoft.office.vml.VerticalPosition;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.VmlObject;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            Run textBoxRun = new Run();
            textBoxRun.addText("Simple text inside a textbox");

            Paragraph textBoxParagraph = new Paragraph();
            textBoxParagraph.add(textBoxRun);

            TextBox textBox = new TextBox();
            textBox.getContent().add(textBoxParagraph);

            ShapeTemplate shapeTemplate = new ShapeTemplate();
            shapeTemplate.setCoordinateSpaceSize("21600,21600");
            shapeTemplate.setEdgePath("m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe");
            shapeTemplate.setPreferRelativeResize(true);
            
            Stroke stroke = new Stroke();
            stroke.setJoinStyle(StrokeJoinStyle.MITER);

            ShapePath path = new ShapePath();
            path.setEnableGradient(true);
            path.setConnectionPointType(ConnectType.FOUR);
            
            shapeTemplate.getContent().add(stroke);
            shapeTemplate.getContent().add(path);

            com.independentsoft.office.vml.Shape shape = new com.independentsoft.office.vml.Shape();
            shape.setStyle(new com.independentsoft.office.vml.ShapeStyle());
            shape.getStyle().setPosition(Position.ABSOLUTE);
            shape.getStyle().setLeftMargin("0");
            shape.getStyle().setTopMargin("0");
            shape.getStyle().setWidth("200pt");
            shape.getStyle().setHeight("195pt");
            shape.getStyle().setHorizontalPosition(HorizontalPosition.CENTER);
            shape.getStyle().setRelativeHorizontalPosition(RelativeHorizontalPosition.MARGIN);
            shape.getStyle().setVerticalPosition(VerticalPosition.CENTER);
            shape.getStyle().setRelativeVerticalPosition(RelativeVerticalPosition.MARGIN);
            shape.setFillColor("yellow");
            shape.getContent().add(textBox);
            
            VmlObject vmlObject = new VmlObject();
            vmlObject.getContent().add(shapeTemplate);
            vmlObject.getContent().add(shape);

            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.add(vmlObject);

            Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph1.add(run1);

            doc.getBody().add(paragraph1);

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
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