Description

Deactivates the activated text frame and sets the input focus back to the text part that contains the text frame.

Syntax

public bool DeactivateItem();

Public Function DeactivateItem() As Boolean

Return Value

The return value is true, if a text frame has been deactivated. Otherwise it is false.

Examples

The following example works with text frames in the current document by using TextFrameCollection.DeactivateItem.

TextFrameCollection textFrameCollection = textControl.TextFrames;
textFrameCollection.Add(new TextFrame(new System.Drawing.Size(3000, 1200)) { Name = "Callout", ID = 100 }, TextFrameInsertionMode.DisplaceText);

if (textFrameCollection.DeactivateItem())
{
    Console.WriteLine("Deactivate Item completed successfully.");
}

Dim textFrameCollection As TextFrameCollection = textControl.TextFrames
textFrameCollection.Add(New TextFrame(New System.Drawing.Size(3000, 1200)) With { .Name = "Callout", .ID = 100 }, TextFrameInsertionMode.DisplaceText)

If textFrameCollection.DeactivateItem() Then
    Console.WriteLine("Deactivate Item completed successfully.")
End If