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Section.PageBorders Property

Stores page border settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

#Declaration

SectionPageBorders PageBorders { get; }

#Property Value

Type Description
SectionPageBorders

A SectionPageBorders object that contains page border settings.

#Example

The following code snippet adds page borders to two sections:

  • In the first section, page borders are shown only on the first page.
  • In the second section, page borders are shown on all pages.
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;

string fileName = "Test.docx";
using (var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer()) {
    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
    // Generate a document with two sections and multiple pages in each section.
    document.AppendText("\f\f\f");
    document.Paragraphs.Append();
    document.AppendSection();
    document.AppendText("\f\f");

    Section firstSection = document.Sections[0];
    SectionPageBorders pageBorders1 = firstSection.PageBorders;

    // Set page borders for the first page of the first section.
    SetPageBorders(pageBorders1.LeftBorder, BorderLineStyle.Single, 1f, Color.Red);
    SetPageBorders(pageBorders1.TopBorder, BorderLineStyle.Single, 1f, Color.Red);
    SetPageBorders(pageBorders1.RightBorder, BorderLineStyle.Single, 1f, Color.Red);
    SetPageBorders(pageBorders1.BottomBorder, BorderLineStyle.Single, 1f, Color.Red);
    pageBorders1.AppliesTo = PageBorderAppliesTo.FirstPage;

    Section secondSection = document.Sections[1];
    SectionPageBorders pageBorders2 = secondSection.PageBorders;

    // Set page borders for all pages of the second section.
    SetPageBorders(pageBorders2.LeftBorder, BorderLineStyle.Double, 1.5f, Color.Green);
    SetPageBorders(pageBorders2.TopBorder, BorderLineStyle.Double, 1.5f, Color.Green);
    SetPageBorders(pageBorders2.RightBorder, BorderLineStyle.Double, 1.5f, Color.Green);
    SetPageBorders(pageBorders2.BottomBorder, BorderLineStyle.Double, 1.5f, Color.Green);
    pageBorders2.AppliesTo = PageBorderAppliesTo.AllPages;
    pageBorders2.ZOrder = PageBorderZOrder.Back;

    wordProcessor.SaveDocument(fileName, DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
}
void SetPageBorders(PageBorder border, BorderLineStyle lineStyle,
    float borderWidth, Color color) {
        border.LineStyle = lineStyle;
        border.LineWidth = borderWidth;
        border.LineColor = color;
    }

Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(fileName) { UseShellExecute = true });

The following picture shows the resulting page borders:

Word Processing API - Page Borders for Sections

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