Insert text box

The following example shows how to insert a text box (Frame with TextBox) into a text document.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Drawing;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            Paragraph boxContent = new Paragraph();
            boxContent.Add("Text inside the text box.");

            TextBox textBox = new TextBox();
            textBox.Add(boxContent);

            Frame frame = new Frame();
            frame.Name = "TextBox1";
            frame.AnchorType = AnchorType.Paragraph;
            frame.X = new Size(20, Unit.Millimeter);
            frame.Y = new Size(30, Unit.Millimeter);
            frame.Width = new Size(80, Unit.Millimeter);
            frame.Height = new Size(30, Unit.Millimeter);
            frame.Add(textBox);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Add("This paragraph contains a floating text box.");
            p1.Add(frame);
            doc.Body.Add(p1);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Drawing
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Dim doc As TextDocument = New TextDocument

        Dim boxContent As New Paragraph
        boxContent.Add("Text inside the text box.")

        Dim textBox As New TextBox
        textBox.Add(boxContent)

        Dim frame As New Frame
        frame.Name = "TextBox1"
        frame.AnchorType = AnchorType.Paragraph
        frame.X = New Size(20, Unit.Millimeter)
        frame.Y = New Size(30, Unit.Millimeter)
        frame.Width = New Size(80, Unit.Millimeter)
        frame.Height = New Size(30, Unit.Millimeter)
        frame.Add(textBox)

        Dim p1 As New Paragraph
        p1.Add("This paragraph contains a floating text box.")
        p1.Add(frame)
        doc.Body.Add(p1)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)
    End Sub
End Module

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