Section Interface

An interface that defines a section within a document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

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

Declaration

C#

[ComVisible(true)]
public interface Section

VB.NET

<ComVisible(True)>
Public Interface Section

Related API Members

The following members return Section objects:

• Document.AppendSection()
• Document.GetSection(DocumentPosition)
• Document.InsertSection(DocumentPosition)

Example

The following code sample shows how to insert a continuous section break after the specified paragraph:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;

using (var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument(@"Documents//Alice.docx");

    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
    var section = document.InsertSection(document.Paragraphs[4].Range.End);

    // Retrieve the inserted section
    var sectionPosition = document.CreatePosition(section.Range.End.ToInt() + 1);
    Section insertedSection = document.GetSection(sectionPosition);
    insertedSection.StartType = SectionStartType.Continuous;

    wordProcessor.SaveDocument("Alice_formatted.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);   
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Using wordProcessor = New RichEditDocumentServer()
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents//Alice.docx")

    Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
    Dim section = document.InsertSection(document.Paragraphs(4).Range.End)

    ' Retrieve the inserted section
    Dim sectionPosition = document.CreatePosition(section.Range.End.ToInt() + 1)
    Dim insertedSection As Section = document.GetSection(sectionPosition)
    insertedSection.StartType = SectionStartType.Continuous

    wordProcessor.SaveDocument("Alice_formatted.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
End Using