Javascript: Paragraph.setFormattingStyle Method

Description

Sets the paragraph's formatting style. The specified style must be the name of a style contained in the ParagraphStyles collection of a Text Control document.

Syntax

<void> Paragraph.setFormattingStyle(<string> formattingStyle, <EmptyRequestCallback> callback, [<ErrorCallback> errorCallback])

Parameters

Parameter	Description
formattingStyle	The paragraph formatting style.
callback	Is called when the operation completed.
errorCallback	Optional. Is called when the operation failed with an error.

Examples

The following example demonstrates Paragraph.setFormattingStyle in a practical document-editing workflow. It sets the paragraph's formatting style. The specified style must be the name of a style contained in the ParagraphStyles collection of a Text Control document.

function onTxError(error) {
    console.error("TX Text Control error:", error.msg);
    error.handled = true;
}

TXTextControl.textParts.getMainText(function(mainText) {
    const paragraphs = mainText.paragraphs;
    paragraphs.getItem(function(paragraph) {
        if (!paragraph) {
            console.warn("No paragraph is available at the current input position.");
            return;
        }
    
        paragraph.setFormattingStyle(
            "MM/dd/yyyy",
            function() {
                console.log("set formatting style completed.");
            },
            onTxError
        );
    }, onTxError);
}, onTxError);