Factory.CreateSmartTag Method

Creates a SmartTag object that represents a smart tag on a worksheet. This type or member is intended to be used only in projects for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Smart tags are deprecated in Office 2010. .

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function CreateSmartTag ( _
    smartTagType As String, _
    caption As String, _
    extension As ISmartTagExtension _
) As SmartTag

SmartTag CreateSmartTag(
    string smartTagType,
    string caption,
    ISmartTagExtension extension
)

Parameters

smartTagType
Type: System.String

A unique identifier for the smart tag, composed of a namespace URI and a tag type name separated by a number sign (#).

caption
Type: System.String

The name of the smart tag, which is displayed on the smart tag menu.

extension
Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ISmartTagExtension

Optional. An extension object that defines a custom recognizer for the smart tag.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag
The new smart tag.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	smartTagType or caption is either nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or empty, or smartTagType is not valid.

Remarks

An example of a valid string for the smartTagType parameter is http://smarttags.contoso.com#TagName. A well-formed smart tag type string does not contain white space, and it starts with a letter (a-z, A-Z), an underscore (_), or a colon (:).

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.