ParagraphBorders Interface

Contains paragraph border settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

[ComVisible(true)]
public interface ParagraphBorders

VB.NET

<ComVisible(True)>
Public Interface ParagraphBorders

Related API Members

The following members return ParagraphBorders objects:

• Paragraph.Borders
• ParagraphPropertiesBase.Borders

Example

The following code snippet sets borders for multiple paragraphs:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using System.Drawing;

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

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

    // Append text to the document.
    document.AppendText(String.Format("Modified Paragraph" + 
        Environment.NewLine + "Normal" + Environment.NewLine + "Normal"));

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

    // Obtain a range from the first to the last paragraph
    Paragraph firstParagraph = document.Paragraphs[0];
    Paragraph thirdParagraph = document.Paragraphs[2];
    DocumentRange paragraphRange = 
        document.CreateRange(firstParagraph.Range.Start, thirdParagraph.Range.End.ToInt() - firstParagraph.Range.Start.ToInt());

    // Start to edit the paragraph.
    ParagraphProperties pp = document.BeginUpdateParagraphs(paragraphRange);
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.HorizontalBorder);
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.BottomBorder);
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.TopBorder);
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.LeftBorder);
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.RightBorder);

    // Finalize the edit operation.
    document.EndUpdateParagraphs(pp);
}

    static void SetBorder(ParagraphBorder border)
    {
        border.LineWidth = 2f;
        border.LineStyle = BorderLineStyle.Thick;
        border.LineColor = Color.SteelBlue;
    }

VB.NET

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
Imports System.Drawing

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

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

    ' Append text to the document.
    document.AppendText(String.Format("Modified Paragraph" & Environment.NewLine & "Normal" & Environment.NewLine & "Normal"))
    ' Finalize the edit operation.
    document.EndUpdate()

    ' Obtain the range from the first to the last paragraph
    Dim firstParagraph As Paragraph = document.Paragraphs(0)
    Dim thirdParagraph As Paragraph = document.Paragraphs(2)
    Dim paragraphRange As DocumentRange = document.CreateRange(first.Range.Start, third.Range.End.ToInt() - firstParagraph.Range.Start.ToInt())

    ' Start to edit the paragraph.
    Dim pp As ParagraphProperties = document.BeginUpdateParagraphs(paragraphRange)
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.HorizontalBorder)
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.BottomBorder)
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.TopBorder)
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.LeftBorder)
    SetBorder(pp.Borders.RightBorder)

    ' Finalize the edit operation.
    document.EndUpdateParagraphs(pp)
End Using

Shared Sub SetBorder(ByVal border As ParagraphBorder)
    border.LineWidth = 2F
    border.LineStyle = BorderLineStyle.Thick
    border.LineColor = Color.SteelBlue
End Sub