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Section.BeginUpdateFooter(HeaderFooterType) Method

Starts editing the document’s footer of the specified type.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

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

Declaration

SubDocument BeginUpdateFooter(
    HeaderFooterType type
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
type HeaderFooterType

A HeaderFooterType enumeration value, representing the type of the footer open for editing.

Returns

Type Description
SubDocument

A SubDocument instance representing the footer being edited.

Remarks

Use the Section.BeginUpdateFooter - Section.EndUpdateFooter method pair to edit footer content. If the document has no footer as yet, this method creates a footer of the specified type and opens it for editing.

You can use the Section.HasFooter property to determine whether the document already has a footer.

Example

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Document document = server.Document;
document.AppendSection();
Section firstSection = document.Sections[0];
// Modify the header of the HeaderFooterType.First type.
SubDocument myHeader = firstSection.BeginUpdateHeader(HeaderFooterType.First);
DocumentRange range = myHeader.InsertText(myHeader.CreatePosition(0), " PAGE NUMBER ");
Field fld = myHeader.Fields.Create(range.End, "PAGE \\* ARABICDASH");
myHeader.Fields.Update();
firstSection.EndUpdateHeader(myHeader);
// Display the header of the HeaderFooterType.First type on the first page.
firstSection.DifferentFirstPage = true;

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