ContentControl.DropdownListEntries property (Word)

Returns a ContentControlListEntries collection that represents the items in a drop-down list content control or in a combo box content control. Read-only.

For Office 2016, returns dropdown entries for accessing individual list items within a collection, with the exception of SharePoint lookups.

Syntax

expression. DropdownListEntries

expression An expression that returns a ContentControl object.

Example

The following example inserts a new drop-down list content control into the active document, sets the title and placeholder text, and then adds several new items to the list.

Dim objCC As ContentControl 
Dim objMap As XMLMapping 
 
Set objCC = ActiveDocument.ContentControls.Add(wdContentControlDropdownList) 
objCC.Title = "My Favorite Animal" 
objCC.SetPlaceholderText , , "Select your favorite animal " 
 
'List entries 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Cat" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Dog" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Horse" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Monkey" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add "Snake" 
objCC.DropdownListEntries.Add("Other")

See also

ContentControl Object

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