SubDocument.BeginUpdateCharacters(DocumentRange) Method

Starts modifying properties of characters that fall within a specified document range.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

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

Declaration

C#

CharacterProperties BeginUpdateCharacters(
    DocumentRange range
)

VB.NET

Function BeginUpdateCharacters(
    range As DocumentRange
) As CharacterProperties

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
range	DocumentRange	A DocumentRange object specifying the DocumentRange.Start and DocumentRange.End of the text.

Returns

Type	Description
CharacterProperties	A CharacterProperties object representing the character formatting of the specified range.

Example

View Example

FormattingActions.cs

Document document = server.Document;
document.BeginUpdate();
document.AppendText("Normal\nFormatted\nNormal");
document.EndUpdate();
DocumentRange range = document.Paragraphs[1].Range;
CharacterProperties cp = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(range);
cp.FontName = "Comic Sans MS";
cp.FontSize = 18;
cp.ForeColor = Color.Blue;
cp.BackColor = Color.Snow;
cp.Underline = UnderlineType.DoubleWave;
cp.UnderlineColor = Color.Red;
document.EndUpdateCharacters(cp);

FormattingActions.vb

Dim document As Document = server.Document
document.BeginUpdate()
document.AppendText("Normal" & vbLf & "Formatted" & vbLf & "Normal")
document.EndUpdate()
Dim range As DocumentRange = document.Paragraphs(1).Range
Dim cp As CharacterProperties = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(range)
cp.FontName = "Comic Sans MS"
cp.FontSize = 18
cp.ForeColor = Color.Blue
cp.BackColor = Color.Snow
cp.Underline = UnderlineType.DoubleWave
cp.UnderlineColor = Color.Red
document.EndUpdateCharacters(cp)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Formatting.cs#L20

// that sets character formatting for the selected range
CharacterProperties cp = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(range);
cp.FontName = "Comic Sans MS";

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/FormattingActions.cs#L36

// Start to modify character formatting of the target range.
CharacterProperties cp = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(range);

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/FormattingActions.cs#L16

DocumentRange range = document.Paragraphs[1].Range;
CharacterProperties cp = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(range);
cp.FontName = "Comic Sans MS";

word-document-api-table-examples/CS/TablesSimpleExample/Program.cs#L105

//Apply formatting to the "Active Customers" cell
CharacterProperties properties = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(table[0, 1].ContentRange);
properties.FontName = "Segoe UI";

winforms-richedit-tables-simple-example/CS/TablesSimpleExample/Form1.cs#L129

// Apply formatting to the "Active Customers" cell
CharacterProperties properties = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(table[0, 2].ContentRange);
properties.FontName = "Segoe UI";

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Formatting.vb#L18

' that sets character formatting for the selected range
Dim cp As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CharacterProperties = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(range)
cp.FontName = "Comic Sans MS"

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/FormattingActions.vb#L33

' Start to modify character formatting of the target range.
Dim cp As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CharacterProperties = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(range)
' Specify character formatting options.

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/FormattingActions.vb#L13

Dim range As DocumentRange = document.Paragraphs(1).Range
Dim cp As CharacterProperties = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(range)
cp.FontName = "Comic Sans MS"

word-document-api-table-examples/VB/TablesSimpleExample/Program.vb#L85

'Apply formatting to the "Active Customers" cell
Dim properties As CharacterProperties = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(table(0, 1).ContentRange)
properties.FontName = "Segoe UI"

winforms-richedit-tables-simple-example/VB/TablesSimpleExample/Form1.vb#L103

'Apply formatting to the "Active Customers" cell
Dim properties As CharacterProperties = document.BeginUpdateCharacters(table(0, 1).ContentRange)
properties.FontName = "Segoe UI"