Field.CodeRange Property

Returns the range that contains the field code.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v22.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

DocumentRange CodeRange { get; }

VB.NET

ReadOnly Property CodeRange As DocumentRange

Property Value

Type	Description
DocumentRange	The document range occupied by the field code.

Example

The following code snippet specifies a custom date and time format for all DATE fields in the document:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
//...

using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    // Access a document.
    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
    // ...
    // Check all fields in the document.
    for (int i = 0; i < document.Fields.Count; i++)
    {
        // Access a field code.
        string fieldCode = document.GetText(document.Fields[i].CodeRange);
        // Check whether a field code is "DATE".
        if (fieldCode == "DATE")
        {
            // Set the document position to the end of the field code range.
            DocumentPosition position = document.Fields[i].CodeRange.End;
            // Specify a date and time format for the field. 
            document.InsertText(position, @" \@ ""M/d/yyyy HH:mm:ss""");
        }
    }
    // Update all fields in the main document body.
    document.Fields.Update();
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
'...

Using wordProcessor As New RichEditDocumentServer()
    ' Access a document.
    Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
    ' ...
    ' Check all fields in the document.
    For i As Integer = 0 To document.Fields.Count - 1
        ' Access a field code.
        Dim fieldCode As String = document.GetText(document.Fields(i).CodeRange)
        ' Check whether a field code is "DATE".
        If fieldCode = "DATE" Then
            ' Set the document position to the end of the field code range.
            Dim position As DocumentPosition = document.Fields(i).CodeRange.End
            ' Specify a date and time format for the field. 
            document.InsertText(position, " \@ ""M/d/yyyy HH:mm:ss""")
        End If
    Next i
    ' Update all fields in the main document body.
    document.Fields.Update()
End Using

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the CodeRange property.

Note

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C#

winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Field.cs#L41

{
    string fieldCode = document.GetText(currentDocument.Fields[i].CodeRange);
    if (fieldCode == "DATE")

dxrichedit-for-wpf-fields-in-the-document-the-basics-e3269/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L43

Document document = richEditControl1.Document;
string fieldCode = document.GetText(document.Fields[0].CodeRange);
if (!fieldCode.Contains("\\@")) {

fields-in-the-document-the-basics-e1605/CS/Form1.cs#L51

{
    string fieldCode = document.GetText(document.Fields[i].CodeRange);
    if (fieldCode == "DATE")

wpf-richedit-document-api-t213968/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/DocumentFieldActions.cs#L34

{
    string fieldCode = document.GetText(currentDocument.Fields[i].CodeRange);
    if (fieldCode == "DATE")

word-processing-document-api-examples-t418535/CS/CodeExamples/FieldActions.cs#L33

{
    string fieldCode = document.GetText(document.Fields[i].CodeRange);
    if (fieldCode == "DATE")

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Field.vb#L36

For i As Integer = 0 To currentDocument.Fields.Count - 1
    Dim fieldCode As String = document.GetText(currentDocument.Fields(i).CodeRange)
    If fieldCode = "DATE" Then

dxrichedit-for-wpf-fields-in-the-document-the-basics-e3269/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L49

Dim document As Document = richEditControl1.Document
Dim fieldCode As String = document.GetText(document.Fields(0).CodeRange)
If Not fieldCode.Contains("\@") Then

fields-in-the-document-the-basics-e1605/VB/Form1.vb#L48

For i As Integer = 0 To document.Fields.Count - 1
    Dim fieldCode As String = document.GetText(document.Fields(i).CodeRange)
    If fieldCode = "DATE" Then

wpf-richedit-document-api-t213968/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/DocumentFieldActions.vb#L29

For i As Integer = 0 To currentDocument.Fields.Count - 1
    Dim fieldCode As String = document.GetText(currentDocument.Fields(i).CodeRange)
    If fieldCode = "DATE" Then

word-processing-document-api-examples-t418535/VB/CodeExamples/FieldActions.vb#L28

For i As Integer = 0 To document.Fields.Count - 1
    Dim fieldCode As String = document.GetText(document.Fields(i).CodeRange)
    If fieldCode = "DATE" Then