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Access path: Application à AutoCorrect à Entries

 1  Description

The AutoCorrectEntries collection contains all SmartText entries defined. The individual elements of this collection are of the type AutoCorrectEntry.

 2  Access to the collection

There is exactly one instance of the AutoCorrectEntries collection during the whole runtime of TextMaker. It is accessed through Application.AutoCorrect.Entries:

' Create a SmartText entry named "sd" containing "sales department"

tm.Application.AutoCorrect.Entries.Add "sd", "sales department"

 3  Properties, objects, collections and methods

Properties:

▪Count R/O

 

Objects:

▪Item → AutoCorrectEntry (default object)

▪Application → Application

▪Parent → AutoCorrect

 

Methods:

▪Add

Count (property, R/O)

Data type: Long

Returns the number of the AutoCorrectEntry objects, i.e. the number of the currently defined SmartText entries.

Item (pointer to object)

Data type: Object

Returns an individual AutoCorrectEntry object, i.e. the definition of an individual SmartText entry.

Which AutoCorrect object you get depends on the value that you pass to Item. You can specify either the numeric index or the name of the desired SmartText entry. Examples:

' Show the contents of the first defined SmartText entry

MsgBox tm.Application.AutoCorrect.Entries.Item(1).Value

 

' Show the contents of the SmartText entry with the name "sd"

MsgBox tm.Application.AutoCorrect.Entries.Item("sd").Value

Application (pointer to object)

Data type: Object

Returns the Application object.

Parent (pointer to object)

Data type: Object

Returns the parent object, i.e. AutoCorrect.

Add (method)

Add a new AutoCorrectEntry entry.

Syntax:

 Add Name, Value

Parameters:

Return type:

Example:

' Create a SmartText entry named "sd" containing "sales department"

tm.Application.AutoCorrect.Entries.Add "sd", "sales department"