Paragraph.BeginUpdateTabs(Boolean) Method

Starts modifying tab stops in a paragraph.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public abstract TabInfoCollection BeginUpdateTabs(
    bool onlyOwnTabs
)

VB.NET

Public MustOverride Function BeginUpdateTabs(
    onlyOwnTabs As Boolean
) As TabInfoCollection

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
onlyOwnTabs	Boolean	true to get tab stops set for the current paragraph only, disregarding style; otherwise, if set to false, merges tab stops which are set for the paragraph style and for the individual paragraph.

Returns

Type	Description
TabInfoCollection	A TabInfoCollection object containing information about tab stops.

Remarks

See the ParagraphPropertiesWithTabs.BeginUpdateTabs for an example of use.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-set-tab-stops-so-that-each-tab-is-of-certain-characters-width-e3198/CS/TabStop_EachNCharacters/Form1.cs#L32

SizeF tabSize = richEditControl1.MeasureSingleLineString(new String(' ', 4), document.DefaultCharacterProperties);
TabInfoCollection tabs = document.Paragraphs[0].BeginUpdateTabs(true);
try {

how-to-use-api-to-set-tab-stops-tab-leading-characters-and-the-tab-marker-e3081/CS/TabStops/Form1.cs#L27

richEditControl1.Document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch;
TabInfoCollection tabs = richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs[0].BeginUpdateTabs(true);
TabInfo tab1 = new TabInfo();

how-to-set-tab-stops-so-that-each-tab-is-of-certain-characters-width-e5203/CS/TabStop_EachNCharacters/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L42

SizeF tabSize = richEditControl1.MeasureSingleLineString(new String('w', 4), document.DefaultCharacterProperties);
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfoCollection tabs = document.Paragraphs[0].BeginUpdateTabs(true);
try

wpf-richedit-document-api-t213968/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.cs#L53

document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch;
TabInfoCollection tabs = document.Paragraphs[0].BeginUpdateTabs(true);
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo tab1 = new DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo();

winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayout.cs#L58

document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch;
TabInfoCollection tabs = document.Paragraphs[0].BeginUpdateTabs(true);
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo tab1 = new DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo();

VB.NET

how-to-set-tab-stops-so-that-each-tab-is-of-certain-characters-width-e3198/VB/TabStop_EachNCharacters/Form1.vb#L30

Dim tabSize As SizeF = richEditControl1.MeasureSingleLineString(New String(" "c, 4), document.DefaultCharacterProperties)
Dim tabs As TabInfoCollection = document.Paragraphs(0).BeginUpdateTabs(True)
Try

how-to-use-api-to-set-tab-stops-tab-leading-characters-and-the-tab-marker-e3081/VB/TabStops/Form1.vb#L25

richEditControl1.Document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch
Dim tabs As TabInfoCollection = richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs(0).BeginUpdateTabs(True)
Dim tab1 As New  DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo()

how-to-set-tab-stops-so-that-each-tab-is-of-certain-characters-width-e5203/VB/TabStop_EachNCharacters/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L36

Dim tabSize As SizeF = richEditControl1.MeasureSingleLineString(New String("w"c, 4), document.DefaultCharacterProperties)
Dim tabs As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfoCollection = document.Paragraphs(0).BeginUpdateTabs(True)
Try

wpf-richedit-document-api-t213968/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.vb#L46

document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch
Dim tabs As TabInfoCollection = document.Paragraphs(0).BeginUpdateTabs(True)
Dim tab1 As New DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo()

winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayout.vb#L51

document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch
Dim tabs As TabInfoCollection = document.Paragraphs(0).BeginUpdateTabs(True)
Dim tab1 As New DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo()