SmartTag Class (2007 System)

Represents a smart tag in Microsoft Office Excel.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0 (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name := "FullTrust")> _
Public Class SmartTag _
    Inherits SmartTagBase
'Usage
Dim instance As SmartTag
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
public class SmartTag : SmartTagBase
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::Demand, Name = L"FullTrust")]
public ref class SmartTag : public SmartTagBase
public class SmartTag extends SmartTagBase

Remarks

The SmartTag class is an implementation of the abstract SmartTagBase class for smart tags on Excel workbooks. For information about smart tags in Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions, see Smart Tags Architecture.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to create your own custom smart tag class that derives from SmartTag. The example overrides the Recognize method to recognize the first smart tag term found in a cell. This example assumes that you have added a reference to Microsoft Smart Tags 2.0 Type Library from the COM tab of the Add Reference dialog box. For a code example that uses the SmartTag class directly, see the Action class.

Imports Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.SmartTag

Public Class CustomSmartTag
    Inherits SmartTag

    ' Declare Actions for this SmartTag 
    WithEvents Action1 As New Action("Display property value")
    WithEvents Action2 As New Action("Display smart tag details")

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New("https://www.contoso.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag", _
            "Custom Smart Tag")
        Me.Terms.AddRange(New String() {"sales", "organization"})
        Actions = New Action() {Action1, Action2}
    End Sub 

    Protected Overrides Sub Recognize(ByVal text As String, _
        ByVal site As ISmartTagRecognizerSite, _
        ByVal tokenList As ISmartTagTokenList)

        ' Determine whether each smart tag term exists in  
        ' the document text. 
        Dim Term As String 
        For Each Term In Me.Terms

            ' Search the cell text for the first instance of  
            ' the current smart tag term. 
            Dim index As Integer = Me.CellText.IndexOf(Term, 0)

            If (index >= 0) Then 

                ' Create a smart tag token and a property bag for the  
                ' recognized term. 
                Dim propertyBag As ISmartTagProperties = _
                    site.GetNewPropertyBag()

                ' Write a new property value. 
                Dim key As String = "Key1"
                propertyBag.Write(key, DateTime.Now)

                ' Attach the smart tag to the term in the document 
                Me.PersistTag(propertyBag)

                ' This implementation only finds the first instance 
                ' of a smart tag term in the cell.  
                Exit For 
            End If 
        Next 
    End Sub 

    ' This action displays the property value for the term. 
    Private Sub Action1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As ActionEventArgs) Handles Action1.Click

        Dim propertyBag As ISmartTagProperties = e.Properties
        Dim key As String = "Key1"
        MsgBox("The corresponding value of " & _
            key & " is: " & propertyBag.Read(key))
    End Sub 

    ' This action displays smart tag details. 
    Private Sub Action2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As ActionEventArgs) Handles Action2.Click

        MsgBox("The current smart tag caption is '" & _
            Me.Caption & "'. The current smart tag type is '" & _
            Me.SmartTagType & "'.")
    End Sub 
End Class
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.SmartTag;

namespace Trin_ExcelDerivedSmartTags
{
    public class CustomSmartTag : SmartTag {

        // Declare Actions for this SmartTag
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action Action1 =
            new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action("Display property value");
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action Action2 =
            new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action("Display smart tag details");

        public CustomSmartTag() : base(
            "https://www.contoso.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag", 
            "Custom Smart Tag")
        {
            this.Terms.AddRange(new string[] { 
                "sales", "organization" });
            Actions = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action[] { Action1, Action2 };
            Action1.Click +=
                new ActionClickEventHandler(Action1_Click);
            Action2.Click += 
                new ActionClickEventHandler(Action2_Click);
        }

        protected override void Recognize(string text, 
            ISmartTagRecognizerSite site, ISmartTagTokenList tokenList)
        {
            // Determine whether each smart tag term exists in  
            // the document text. 
            foreach (string term in this.Terms)
            {
                // Search the cell text for the first instance of  
                // the current smart tag term. 
                int index = this.CellText.IndexOf(term, 0);

                if (index >= 0)
                {
                    // Create a smart tag token and a property bag for the  
                    // recognized term.
                    ISmartTagProperties propertyBag = 
                        site.GetNewPropertyBag();

                    // Write a new property value.                  
                    string key = "Key1";
                    propertyBag.Write(key, DateTime.Now.ToString());

                    // Attach the smart tag to the term in the document 
                    this.PersistTag(propertyBag);

                    // This implementation only finds the first instance 
                    // of a smart tag term in the cell.  
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        // This action displays the property value for the term. 
        private void Action1_Click(object sender, ActionEventArgs e)
        {
            ISmartTagProperties propertyBag = e.Properties;
            string key = "Key1";
            MessageBox.Show("The corresponding value of " + key +
                " is: " + propertyBag.get_Read(key));
        }

        // This action displays smart tag details. 
        private void Action2_Click(object sender, ActionEventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("The current smart tag caption is '" + 
                this.Caption + "'. The current smart tag type is '" + 
                this.SmartTagType + "'.");
        }
    }
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Office.Tools.SmartTagBase
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

SmartTag Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace

Other Resources

Smart Tags Architecture

How to: Add Smart Tags to Excel Workbooks

How to: Create Smart Tags With Custom Recognizers in Excel