All of Microsoft Office 2003 has the capability to use SmartTags. You can programmatically manipulate the SmartTag object by accessing its properties and methods.
E.22.1. Properties of the SmartTag Object
The properties of the SmartTag object are listed in the following table.
Property
Data Type
Description
Application
Application object
Represents the currently active Access application
IsMissing
Boolean
Returns true if the SmartTag isn't installed or isn't correctly installed
Name
String
Returns the name of the SmartTag
Parent
Object
Refers to the parent object of the SmartTag
Properties
SmartTagProperties collection
Returns the collection of all properties for a particular SmartTag
SmartTagActions
SmartTagActions collection
Returns the collection of all actions available for a specific SmartTag
XML
String
Represents the XML code for a SmartTag
The SmartTag object has only one method, the Delete method.
The SmartTagActions collection and the SmartTagProperties collection have the standard properties associated with any collection (Application, Count, Item, and Parent). The individual SmartTagAction object has one method you can utilize within your code, the Execute method. This method performs the specified SmartTag action. The SmartTagProperty object only has one method, the Delete method.