FieldSection class

FieldSection class

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

Remarks

Retrieves the number of the current section.

Inheritance: FieldSectionField

Constructors

NameDescription
FieldSection()The default constructor.

Properties

NameDescription
display_resultGets the text that represents the displayed field result.
(Inherited from Field)
endGets the node that represents the field end.
(Inherited from Field)
formatGets a FieldFormat object that provides typed access to field’s formatting.
(Inherited from Field)
is_dirtyGets or sets whether the current result of the field is no longer correct (stale) due to other modifications made to the document.
(Inherited from Field)
is_lockedGets or sets whether the field is locked (should not recalculate its result).
(Inherited from Field)
locale_idGets or sets the LCID of the field.
(Inherited from Field)
resultGets or sets text that is between the field separator and field end.
(Inherited from Field)
separatorGets the node that represents the field separator. Can be None.
(Inherited from Field)
startGets the node that represents the start of the field.
(Inherited from Field)
typeGets the Microsoft Word field type.
(Inherited from Field)

Methods

NameDescription
get_field_code()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.
(Inherited from Field)
get_field_code(include_child_field_codes)Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator).
(Inherited from Field)
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 None.
(Inherited from Field)
unlink()Performs the field unlink.
(Inherited from Field)
update()Performs the field update. Throws if the field is being updated already.
(Inherited from Field)
update(ignore_merge_format)Performs a field update. Throws if the field is being updated already.
(Inherited from Field)

Examples

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

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
builder.move_to_header_footer(aw.HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY)
builder.paragraph_format.alignment = aw.ParagraphAlignment.RIGHT
# A SECTION field displays the number of the section it is in.
builder.write('Section ')
field_section = builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_SECTION, update_field=True).as_field_section()
self.assertEqual(' SECTION ', field_section.get_field_code())
# A PAGE field displays the number of the page it is in.
builder.write('\nPage ')
field_page = builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_PAGE, update_field=True).as_field_page()
self.assertEqual(' PAGE ', field_page.get_field_code())
# A SECTIONPAGES field displays the number of pages that the section it is in spans across.
builder.write(' of ')
field_section_pages = builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_SECTION_PAGES, update_field=True).as_field_section_pages()
self.assertEqual(' SECTIONPAGES ', field_section_pages.get_field_code())
# 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.move_to_document_end()
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
# 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.insert_break(aw.BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE)
# 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.current_section.page_setup.restart_page_numbering = True
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
doc.update_fields()
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Field.SECTION.SECTIONPAGES.docx')

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