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DocumentPosition Class

A position within a document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

#Declaration

[ComVisible(true)]
public abstract class DocumentPosition :
    IComparable<DocumentPosition>

The following members return DocumentPosition objects:

Library Related API Members
WinForms Controls RichEditControl.GetPositionFromPoint(PointF)
WPF Controls RichEditControl.GetPositionFromPoint(PointF)
Office File API Capture.Position
CustomMark.Position
Document.CaretPosition
DocumentRange.End
DocumentRange.Start
SubDocument.CreatePosition(Int32)

#Remarks

Use the Document.CaretPosition property to get the current cursor (caret) position. The RichEditControl.GetPositionFromPoint method allows you to convert mouse coordinates to a document position.

The DocumentRange.Start and DocumentRange.End positions define a DocumentRange object.

Use the SubDocument.CreatePosition method to obtain an arbitrary position in a document. Call the DocumentPosition.ToInt method to convert a DocumentPosition object to an integer position.

The code sample below obtains a range that starts from the retrieved position:

Document document = server.Document;
document.LoadDocument("Documents\\Grimm.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
DocumentPosition myStart = document.CreatePosition(69);
DocumentRange myRange = document.CreateRange(myStart, 216);

#Inheritance

Object
DocumentPosition
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