Document.Sections Property

Provides access to a collection of sections.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

SectionCollection Sections { get; }

VB.NET

ReadOnly Property Sections As SectionCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
SectionCollection	A SectionCollection interface defining a list of sections.

Example

The following code specifies the page layout settings for the first section of the document: the A6 paper in landscape orientation with the left margin set to two inches.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219

PageLayout.vb

document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch
document.Sections(0).Page.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.A6
document.Sections(0).Page.Landscape = True
document.Sections(0).Margins.Left = 2.0F

PageLayout.cs

document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch;
document.Sections[0].Page.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.A6;
document.Sections[0].Page.Landscape = true;
document.Sections[0].Margins.Left = 2.0f;

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/HeaderAndFooter.cs#L15

#region #CreateHeader
Section firstSection = document.Sections[0];
// Create an empty header.

wpf-richedit-document-api-t213968/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/HeaderAndFooterActions.cs#L15

#region #CreateHeader
Section firstSection = document.Sections[0];
// Create an empty header.

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/HeaderAndFooterActions.cs#L13

Document document = server.Document;
Section firstSection = document.Sections[0];
// Create an empty header.

how-to-set-tab-stops-so-that-each-tab-is-of-certain-characters-width-e3198/CS/TabStop_EachNCharacters/Form1.cs#L53

document.DefaultCharacterProperties.FontSize = 10;
document.Sections[0].Page.Width = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(100);
document.Sections[0].LineNumbering.CountBy = 1;

how-to-merge-documents-with-headers-and-footers-into-a-single-document-e4404/CS/DocumentMerger/Helpers/SectionsMerger.cs#L13

for (int i = 0; i < sourceSectionCount; i++) {
    Section sourceSection = source.Sections[i];
    Section targetSection = target.Sections[lastSectionIndexBeforeAppending + i];

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/HeaderAndFooter.vb#L12

'            #Region "#CreateHeader"
            Dim firstSection As Section = document.Sections(0)
            ' Create an empty header.

wpf-richedit-document-api-t213968/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/HeaderAndFooterActions.vb#L12

'            #Region "#CreateHeader            "
            Dim firstSection As Section = document.Sections(0)
            ' Create an empty header.

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/HeaderAndFooterActions.vb#L10

Dim document As Document = server.Document
Dim firstSection As Section = document.Sections(0)
' Create an empty header.

how-to-set-tab-stops-so-that-each-tab-is-of-certain-characters-width-e3198/VB/TabStop_EachNCharacters/Form1.vb#L49

document.DefaultCharacterProperties.FontSize = 10
document.Sections(0).Page.Width = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(100)
document.Sections(0).LineNumbering.CountBy = 1

how-to-merge-documents-with-headers-and-footers-into-a-single-document-e4404/VB/DocumentMerger/Helpers/SectionsMerger.vb#L15

For i As Integer = 0 To sourceSectionCount - 1
    Dim sourceSection As Section = source.Sections(i)
    Dim targetSection As Section = target.Sections(lastSectionIndexBeforeAppending + i)