FootnoteOptions.StartNumber Property

Specifies the footnote reference’s starting number.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

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

Declaration

C#

int StartNumber { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property StartNumber As Integer

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32	The starting number.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to StartNumber
Section	.FootnoteOptions .StartNumber

Remarks

The StartNumber value is ignored when the FootnoteOptions.RestartType property is set to NoteRestartType.NewSection or NoteRestartType.NewPage.

The code sample below shows how to change the footnotes format so they appear as follows:

C#

using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Document.docx");
    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
    FootnoteOptions footnoteOptions = document.Sections[0].FootnoteOptions;
    footnoteOptions.NumberingFormat = NumberingFormat.UpperRoman;
    footnoteOptions.StartNumber = 5;
}

VB.NET

Using wordProcessor As New RichEditDocumentServer()
  wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Document.docx")
  Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
  Dim footnoteOptions As FootnoteOptions = document.Sections(0).FootnoteOptions
  footnoteOptions.NumberingFormat = NumberingFormat.UpperRoman
  footnoteOptions.StartNumber = 5
End Using