NamedRange.PrefixCharacter Property

Gets the prefix character for the NamedRange control.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property PrefixCharacter As Object
    Get

Object PrefixCharacter { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Object
The prefix character for the NamedRange control.

Remarks

If the value of the TransitionNavigKeys property is false, this prefix character is ' for a text label, or blank. If the value of the TransitionNavigKeys property is true, this character is ' for a left-justified label, " for a right-justified label, ^ for a centered label, \ for a repeated label, or blank.

Examples

The following code example uses the PrefixCharacter property to display the prefix character for a NamedRange.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private prefixRange As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange

Private Sub DisplayPrefixCharacter()
    prefixRange = Me.Controls.AddNamedRange( _
        Me.Range("C1"), "prefixRange")
    If CStr(Me.prefixRange.PrefixCharacter) = "" Then
        MessageBox.Show("The prefix character is blank.")
    Else
        MessageBox.Show("The prefix character is: " & _
            Me.prefixRange.PrefixCharacter)
    End If
End Sub

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange prefixRange;
private void DisplayPrefixCharacter()
{
    prefixRange = this.Controls.AddNamedRange(
         this.Range["C1", missing], "prefixRange");
    if ((string)this.prefixRange.PrefixCharacter == "")
    {
        MessageBox.Show("The prefix character is blank.");
    }
    else
    {
        MessageBox.Show("The prefix character is: " +
            this.prefixRange.PrefixCharacter);
    }
}

.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

NamedRange Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace