DocumentBase.Type Property

Gets the document type (template or document).

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Type As WdDocumentType
    Get

public WdDocumentType Type { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdDocumentType
One of the WdDocumentType values.

Examples

The following code example displays a message that shows the document type. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

Private Sub DocumentType()
    Select Case Me.Type
        Case Word.WdDocumentType.wdTypeDocument
            MessageBox.Show("The document is a normal" & "  Word document.")

        Case Word.WdDocumentType.wdTypeFrameset
            MessageBox.Show("The document is a frameset.")

        Case Word.WdDocumentType.wdTypeTemplate
            MessageBox.Show("The document is a template.")

        Case Else
            MessageBox.Show("The document type could not" & " be discovered.")
    End Select
End Sub

private void DocumentType()
{
    switch (this.Type)
    {
        case Word.WdDocumentType.wdTypeDocument:
            MessageBox.Show("The document is a normal" +
            "  Word document.");
            break;

        case Word.WdDocumentType.wdTypeFrameset:
            MessageBox.Show("The document is a frameset.");
            break;

        case Word.WdDocumentType.wdTypeTemplate:
            MessageBox.Show("The document is a template.");
            break;

        default:
            MessageBox.Show("The document type could not" +
                " be discovered.");
            break;
    }
}

.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

DocumentBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace