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SmartTagBase.Expressions Property (2007 System)

Gets the collection of regular expressions that the smart tag will recognize.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Expressions As RegexCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As SmartTagBase 
Dim value As RegexCollection 

value = instance.Expressions
public RegexCollection Expressions { get; }
public:
property RegexCollection^ Expressions {
    RegexCollection^ get ();
}
public function get Expressions () : RegexCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Tools.RegexCollection
Gets a RegexCollection that contains the regular expressions that the smart tag will recognize.

Remarks

Use the Add method to add a regular expression to the set of regular expressions that the smart tag will recognize.

Examples

The following code example creates a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag and then uses the Expressions property to add the regular expression "[I|i]ssue\s\d{5,6}" to the collection of regular expressions that the smart tag recognizes. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action class.

This example is for a document-level customization.

WithEvents displayAddress As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action

Private Sub AddSmartTag()
    Dim smartTagDemo As New  _
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag( _
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag", _
        "Demonstration Smart Tag")

    ' Specify a term and an expression to recognize.
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("sale")
    smartTagDemo.Expressions.Add( _
        New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex( _
        "[I|i]ssue\s\d{5,6}"))

    ' Create the action.
    displayAddress = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action( _
        "To be replaced")

    ' Add the action to the smart tag.
    smartTagDemo.Actions = New Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action() { _
            displayAddress}

    ' Add the smart tag. 
    Me.VstoSmartTags.Add(smartTagDemo)
End Sub
private Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action displayAddress;

private void AddSmartTag()
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag smartTagDemo =
        new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.SmartTag(
        "www.microsoft.com/Demo#DemoSmartTag",
        "Demonstration Smart Tag");

    // Specify a term and an expression to recognize.
    smartTagDemo.Terms.Add("sale");
    smartTagDemo.Expressions.Add(
        new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(
        @"[I|i]ssue\s\d{5,6}"));

    // Create the action.
    displayAddress = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action(
        "To be replaced");

    // Add the action to the smart tag.
    smartTagDemo.Actions = new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Action[] { 
        displayAddress };

    // Add the smart tag. 
    this.VstoSmartTags.Add(smartTagDemo);

    displayAddress.BeforeCaptionShow += new 
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.BeforeCaptionShowEventHandler(
        DisplayAddress_BeforeCaptionShow);

    displayAddress.Click += new 
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ActionClickEventHandler(
        DisplayAddress_Click);
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

SmartTagBase Class

SmartTagBase Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools Namespace