Field.ShowCodes Property

Gets or sets whether to show the field’s codes.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v20.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

bool ShowCodes { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property ShowCodes As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true to show the field’s codes; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This code snippet displays field codes for all fields in the main document body.

The fields containing in the header or footer belong to a different FieldCollection. Use the Section.BeginUpdateHeader- Section.EndUpdateHeader or Section.BeginUpdateFooter - Section.EndUpdateFooter paired methods to retrieve the header or footer document.

View Example

FieldActions.cs

Document document = server.Document;
document.LoadDocument("MailMergeSimple.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
for (int i = 0; i < document.Fields.Count; i++)
{
    document.Fields[i].ShowCodes = true;
}

FieldActions.vb

Dim document As Document = server.Document
document.LoadDocument("MailMergeSimple.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
For i As Integer = 0 To document.Fields.Count - 1
    document.Fields(i).ShowCodes = True
Next i

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

dxrichedit-for-wpf-fields-in-the-document-the-basics-e3269/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L27

foreach (Field _f in richEditControl1.Document.Fields){
_f.ShowCodes = true;
}

fields-in-the-document-the-basics-e1605/CS/Form1.cs#L34

{
    richEditControl1.Document.Fields[i].ShowCodes = true;
}

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-use-document-variable-docvariable-fields-e3282/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L122

doc.BeginUpdate();
foreach (Field f in doc.Fields) f.ShowCodes = showCodes;
doc.EndUpdate();

how-to-create-a-calculated-field-e3663/CS/Form1.cs#L58

doc.BeginUpdate();
foreach (Field f in doc.Fields) f.ShowCodes = true;
doc.EndUpdate();

how-to-use-the-calculatedocumentvariable-event-to-insert-formatted-content-via-docvariable-e3280/CS/Form1.cs#L61

doc.BeginUpdate();
foreach (Field f in doc.Fields) f.ShowCodes = true;
doc.EndUpdate();

VB.NET

dxrichedit-for-wpf-fields-in-the-document-the-basics-e3269/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L30

For Each _f As Field In richEditControl1.Document.Fields
_f.ShowCodes = True
Next _f

fields-in-the-document-the-basics-e1605/VB/Form1.vb#L33

For i As Integer = 0 To richEditControl1.Document.Fields.Count - 1
    richEditControl1.Document.Fields(i).ShowCodes = True
Next i

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-use-document-variable-docvariable-fields-e3282/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L119

For Each f As Field In doc.Fields
    f.ShowCodes = showCodes
Next f

how-to-create-a-calculated-field-e3663/VB/Form1.vb#L61

For Each f As Field In doc.Fields
    f.ShowCodes = True
Next f

how-to-use-the-calculatedocumentvariable-event-to-insert-formatted-content-via-docvariable-e3280/VB/Form1.vb#L64

For Each f As Field In doc.Fields
    f.ShowCodes = True
Next f