Section.StartType Property

Gets or sets the type of a section break.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v19.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

SectionStartType StartType { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property StartType As SectionStartType

Property Value

Type	Description
SectionStartType	A SectionStartType enumeration value specifying where the next section starts.

Available values:

Name	Description
NextPage	A page is broken at the section break. The new section starts on the next page.
OddPage	A new section begins on the next odd-numbered page. If the section break falls on an odd-numbered page, the next even-numbered page is left blank.
EvenPage	A new section begins on the next even-numbered page. If the section break falls on an even-numbered page, the next odd-numbered page is left blank.
Continuous	A new section starts on the following paragraph of the same page.
Column	A new section starts on the next column on the page.

Remarks

The code sample below shows how to insert continuous section break after the specific paragraph:

C#

Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
document.LoadDocument("Documents\\Grimm.docx");
document.InsertSection(document.Paragraphs[4].Range.End);
Section insertedSection = document.GetSection(targetPosition);
insertedSection.StartType = SectionStartType.Continuous;

VB.NET

Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
document.LoadDocument("Documents\Grimm.docx")
document.InsertSection(document.Paragraphs(4).Range.[End])
Dim insertedSection As Section = document.GetSection(targetPosition)
insertedSection.StartType = SectionStartType.Continuous

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

page-layout-simple-example-t553072/CS/PageLayout/Form1.cs#L30

//Press CTRL + SHIFT + 8 to view the section break
section.StartType = SectionStartType.NextPage;

VB.NET

page-layout-simple-example-t553072/VB/PageLayout/Form1.vb#L28

'Press CTRL + SHIFT + 8 to view the section break
section.StartType = SectionStartType.NextPage