FieldCollection.Create(DocumentRange) Method

Creates a field from the specified range and adds it to the field collection.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

Field Create(
    DocumentRange range
)

VB.NET

Function Create(
    range As DocumentRange
) As Field

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
range	DocumentRange	A DocumentRange object specifying a range to be transformed to a field.

Returns

Type	Description
Field	A Field object specifying the newly created field.

Example

The code sample below inserts text and converts it to the SYMBOL field.

View Example

FieldActions.cs

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

//...
using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;

    // Start to edit the document.
    document.BeginUpdate();

    // Append text.
    document.AppendText("SYMBOL 0x54 \\f Wingdings \\s 24");

    // Convert inserted text to a field.
    document.Fields.Create(document.Paragraphs[0].Range);

    // Update all fields.
    document.Fields.Update();

    // Finalize to edit the document.
    document.EndUpdate();

    // Save the result
    document.SaveDocument("Result.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
}

FieldActions.vb

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

'...
Using wordProcessor As New RichEditDocumentServer()
    Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document

    ' Start to edit the document.
    document.BeginUpdate()

    ' Append text.
    document.AppendText("SYMBOL 0x54 \f Wingdings \s 24")

    ' Convert inserted text to a field.
    document.Fields.Create(document.Paragraphs(0).Range)

    ' Update all fields.
    document.Fields.Update()

    ' Finalize to edit the document.
    document.EndUpdate()

    ' Save the result
    document.SaveDocument("Result.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
End Using

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/DocumentFieldActions.cs#L56

document.EndUpdate();
document.Fields.Create(document.Paragraphs[0].Range);
document.Fields.Update();

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Field.cs#L66

//Convert the inserted text to the field
document.Fields.Create(document.Paragraphs[0].Range);
document.Fields.Update();

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/FieldActions.cs#L89

// Convert inserted text to a field.
document.Fields.Create(document.Paragraphs[0].Range);

VB.NET

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/DocumentFieldActions.vb#L49

document.EndUpdate()
document.Fields.Create(document.Paragraphs(0).Range)
document.Fields.Update()

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Field.vb#L54

'Convert the inserted text to the field
document.Fields.Create(document.Paragraphs(CInt((0))).Range)
document.Fields.Update()

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/FieldActions.vb#L75

' Convert inserted text to a field.
document.Fields.Create(document.Paragraphs(CInt((0))).Range)
' Update all fields in the main document body.