Set Content Control Color

This tutorial explains how to set the color of a content control in a Word document using Aspose.Words for .NET. You can customize the appearance of content controls by changing their color.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you need to have the following:

• Aspose.Words for .NET library installed.
• Basic knowledge of C# and Words Processing with Word documents.

Step 1: Set up the Document Directory

Start by setting up the path to your document directory. Replace "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY" with the actual path to the directory where your document is located.

string dataDir = "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY";

Step 2: Load the Document and Retrieve the Content Control

Load the Word document using the Document constructor, passing the path to the document as a parameter. Retrieve the desired content control from the document. In this example, we assume that the content control is the first structured document tag in the document.

Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "Structured document tags.docx");
StructuredDocumentTag sdt = (StructuredDocumentTag)doc.GetChild(NodeType.StructuredDocumentTag, 0, true);

Step 3: Set the Content Control Color

Set the color of the content control by assigning a Color value to the Color property of the structured document tag. In this example, we set the color to red.

sdt.Color = Color.Red;

Step 4: Save the Document

Save the modified document to the specified directory using the Save method. Provide the desired filename with the appropriate file extension. In this example, we save the document as “WorkingWithSdt.SetContentControlColor.docx”.

doc.Save(dataDir + "WorkingWithSdt.SetContentControlColor.docx");

Example source code for Set Content Control Color using Aspose.Words for .NET

	// Path to your document directory 
	string dataDir = "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY";

	Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "Structured document tags.docx");
	StructuredDocumentTag sdt = (StructuredDocumentTag) doc.GetChild(NodeType.StructuredDocumentTag, 0, true);
	sdt.Color = Color.Red;
	doc.Save(dataDir + "WorkingWithSdt.SetContentControlColor.docx");

That’s it! You have successfully set the color of a content control in your Word document using Aspose.Words for .NET.