FieldSection

FieldSection class

Implements the SECTION field.

To learn more, visit the Working with Fields documentation article.

public class FieldSection : Field

Constructors

Name	Description
FieldSection()	The default constructor.

Properties

Name	Description
DisplayResult { get; }	Gets the text that represents the displayed field result.
End { get; }	Gets the node that represents the field end.
Format { get; }	Gets a `FieldFormat` object that provides typed access to field’s formatting.
IsDirty { get; set; }	Gets or sets whether the current result of the field is no longer correct (stale) due to other modifications made to the document.
IsLocked { get; set; }	Gets or sets whether the field is locked (should not recalculate its result).
LocaleId { get; set; }	Gets or sets the LCID of the field.
Result { get; set; }	Gets or sets text that is between the field separator and field end.
Separator { get; }	Gets the node that represents the field separator. Can be `null`.
Start { get; }	Gets the node that represents the start of the field.
virtual Type { get; }	Gets the Microsoft Word field type.

Methods

Name	Description
GetFieldCode()	Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator). Both field code and field result of child fields are included.
GetFieldCode(bool)	Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator).
Remove()	Removes the field from the document. Returns a node right after the field. If the field’s end is the last child of its parent node, returns its parent paragraph. If the field is already removed, returns `null`.
Unlink()	Performs the field unlink.
Update()	Performs the field update. Throws if the field is being updated already.
Update(bool)	Performs a field update. Throws if the field is being updated already.

Remarks

Retrieves the number of the current section.

Examples

Shows how to use SECTION and SECTIONPAGES fields to number pages by sections.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

builder.MoveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.HeaderPrimary);
builder.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Right;

// A SECTION field displays the number of the section it is in.
builder.Write("Section ");
FieldSection fieldSection = (FieldSection)builder.InsertField(FieldType.FieldSection, true);

Assert.AreEqual(" SECTION ", fieldSection.GetFieldCode());

// A PAGE field displays the number of the page it is in.
builder.Write("\nPage ");
FieldPage fieldPage = (FieldPage)builder.InsertField(FieldType.FieldPage, true);

Assert.AreEqual(" PAGE ", fieldPage.GetFieldCode());

// A SECTIONPAGES field displays the number of pages that the section it is in spans across.
builder.Write(" of ");
FieldSectionPages fieldSectionPages = (FieldSectionPages)builder.InsertField(FieldType.FieldSectionPages, true);

Assert.AreEqual(" SECTIONPAGES ", fieldSectionPages.GetFieldCode());

// Move out of the header back into the main document and insert two pages.
// All these pages will be in the first section. Our fields, which appear once every header,
// will number the current/total pages of this section.
builder.MoveToDocumentEnd();
builder.InsertBreak(BreakType.PageBreak);
builder.InsertBreak(BreakType.PageBreak);

// We can insert a new section with the document builder like this.
// This will affect the values displayed in the SECTION and SECTIONPAGES fields in all upcoming headers.
builder.InsertBreak(BreakType.SectionBreakNewPage);

// The PAGE field will keep counting pages across the whole document.
// We can manually reset its count at each section to keep track of pages section-by-section.
builder.CurrentSection.PageSetup.RestartPageNumbering = true;
builder.InsertBreak(BreakType.PageBreak);

doc.UpdateFields();
doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Field.SECTION.SECTIONPAGES.docx");