Document.SelectionChange Event

Occurs when the selection changes in the document window.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Event SelectionChange As SelectionEventHandler

event SelectionEventHandler SelectionChange

Examples

The following code example displays a message that indicates that the selection has changed whenever you change the selection within the document. This example is for an application-level add-in.

Private Sub DocumentSelectionChange()
    Dim vstoDoc As Document = Globals.Factory.GetVstoObject(Me.Application.ActiveDocument)
    AddHandler vstoDoc.SelectionChange, AddressOf ThisDocument_SelectionChange
End Sub

Private Sub ThisDocument_SelectionChange(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Microsoft.Office. _
    Tools.Word.SelectionEventArgs)
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The selection in the document has changed.")
End Sub

private void DocumentSelectionChange()
{
    Document vstoDoc = Globals.Factory.GetVstoObject(this.Application.ActiveDocument);
    vstoDoc.SelectionChange += new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SelectionEventHandler(ThisDocument_SelectionChange);
}

void ThisDocument_SelectionChange(object sender, Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.SelectionEventArgs e)
{
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The selection in the document has changed.");
}

.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.

See Also

Reference

Document Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace