MoveToSection

DocumentBuilder.MoveToSection method

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the body in a specified section.

public void MoveToSection(int sectionIndex)
ParameterTypeDescription
sectionIndexInt32The index of the section to move to.

Remarks

When sectionIndex is greater than or equal to 0, it specifies an index from the beginning of the document with 0 being the first section. When sectionIndex is less than 0, it specified an index from the end of the document with -1 being the last section.

The cursor is moved to the first paragraph in the Body of the specified section.

Examples

Shows how to create headers and footers in a document using DocumentBuilder.

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

// Specify that we want different headers and footers for first, even and odd pages.
builder.PageSetup.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = true;
builder.PageSetup.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = true;

// Create the headers, then add three pages to the document to display each header type.
builder.MoveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.HeaderFirst);
builder.Write("Header for the first page");
builder.MoveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.HeaderEven);
builder.Write("Header for even pages");
builder.MoveToHeaderFooter(HeaderFooterType.HeaderPrimary);
builder.Write("Header for all other pages");

builder.MoveToSection(0);
builder.Writeln("Page1");
builder.InsertBreak(BreakType.PageBreak);
builder.Writeln("Page2");
builder.InsertBreak(BreakType.PageBreak);
builder.Writeln("Page3");

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "DocumentBuilder.HeadersAndFooters.docx");

See Also

DocumentBuilder.MoveToParagraph DocumentBuilder.MoveToStructuredDocumentTag