SectionColumns.SetColumns(SectionColumnCollection) Method

Applies the columns to the section.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v23.2.Core.dll

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

Declaration

C#

void SetColumns(
    SectionColumnCollection columns
)

VB.NET

Sub SetColumns(
    columns As SectionColumnCollection
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
columns	SectionColumnCollection	A SectionColumnCollection representing the layout to be applied.

Example

View Example

PageLayoutActions.cs

Document document = server.Document;
document.LoadDocument("Documents\\Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch;
// Get the first section in a document
Section firstSection = document.Sections[0];
// Create columns and apply them to the document
SectionColumnCollection sectionColumnsLayout =
    firstSection.Columns.CreateUniformColumns(firstSection.Page, 0.2f, 3);
firstSection.Columns.SetColumns(sectionColumnsLayout);

PageLayoutActions.vb

Dim document As Document = server.Document
document.LoadDocument("Documents\Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch
' Get the first section in a document
Dim firstSection As Section = document.Sections(0)
' Create columns and apply them to the document
Dim sectionColumnsLayout As SectionColumnCollection = firstSection.Columns.CreateUniformColumns(firstSection.Page, 0.2F, 3)
firstSection.Columns.SetColumns(sectionColumnsLayout)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.cs#L35

    firstSection.Columns.CreateUniformColumns(firstSection.Page, 0.2f, 3);
firstSection.Columns.SetColumns(sectionColumnsLayout);
#endregion #CreateColumns

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.cs#L61

// Apply the column layout to the section.
firstSection.Columns.SetColumns(sectionColumnsLayout);
#endregion #CreateColumns

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayout.cs#L40

// Apply layout to the document.
firstSection.Columns.SetColumns(sectionColumnsLayout);
#endregion #CreateColumns

VB.NET

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.vb#L30

            Dim sectionColumnsLayout As SectionColumnCollection = firstSection.Columns.CreateUniformColumns(firstSection.Page, 0.2F, 3)
            firstSection.Columns.SetColumns(sectionColumnsLayout)
'            #End Region ' #CreateColumns

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.vb#L52

            ' Apply the column layout to the section.
            firstSection.Columns.SetColumns(sectionColumnsLayout)
#End Region  ' #CreateColumns

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayout.vb#L37

            ' Apply layout to the document.
            firstSection.Columns.SetColumns(sectionColumnsLayout)
#End Region  ' #CreateColumns