TX Text Control ActiveX

Sections and Pages

Topic

Page size, margins, columns and page borders apply to a whole TXTextControl document or to one of its sections. The members below read and set these settings, insert section breaks, select sections and pages and report when the page format changes or the input position moves to another page or section.

Properties

Member	Description
`TXTextControl.ColumnDistance`	Sets the distance, in twips, between the columns on a page for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.ColumnLineColor`	Returns or sets the color of a dividing line between two page columns, either for the whole document or for a certain section.
`TXTextControl.ColumnLineWidth`	Returns or sets the width, in twips, of a dividing line between two page columns, either for the whole document or for a certain section.
`TXTextControl.Columns`	Returns or sets the number of columns on a page for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.ColumnWidthsAndDistances`	Returns or sets the number of columns on a page including its widths and distances for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.PageBorderAttribute`	This property returns or sets page border attributes for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.PageCount`	Returns the number of pages, the document contains.
`TXTextControl.PageHeight`	Returns or sets the height of the page for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.PageImage`	Returns an image of the specified page which can be used with the Picture property of a Form object, PictureBox control or Image control.
`TXTextControl.PageLength`	Gets the number of characters of the page, including the page break character at the end of the page.
`TXTextControl.PageMarginB`	Returns or sets the bottom page margin for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.PageMarginL`	Returns or sets the left page margin for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.PageMarginR`	Returns or sets the right page margin for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.PageMarginT`	Returns or sets the top page margin for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.PageOrientation`	Returns or sets the page orientation, portrait or landscape.
`TXTextControl.PageStart`	Gets the number (one-based) of the page's first character.
`TXTextControl.PageViewStyle`	Defines the kind of view to display the page background.
`TXTextControl.PageWidth`	Returns or sets the width of the page for the whole document or for a document's section.
`TXTextControl.SectionAtInputPos`	Returns the number of the section containing the current text input position.
`TXTextControl.SectionBreakKind`	Returns or sets the kind of the section break the section starts with.
`TXTextControl.SectionCount`	Returns the number of sections, the document contains.
`TXTextControl.SectionCurrent`	Returns or sets the section number for the following properties and methods: PageWidth, PageHeight, PageMarginL, PageMarginT, PageMarginR, PageMarginB, PageOrientation, HeaderFooter, HeaderFooterActivate, HeaderFooterSelect, HeaderFooterPosition, HeaderFooterConnectedToPrevious, Columns, PageBorderAttribute, ColumnDistance, ColumnLineWidth, ColumnLineColor, ColumnWidthsAndDistances, SectionRestartPageNumbering, and SectionBreakKind.
`TXTextControl.SectionLength`	Gets the number of characters in the section.
`TXTextControl.SectionRestartPageNumbering`	Returns or sets a value specifying whether page numbering is restarted at the beginning of a document section.
`TXTextControl.SectionStart`	Gets the number (one-based) of the section's first character.

Methods

Member	Description
`TXTextControl.PageSelect`	This method can be used to select the specified page.
`TXTextControl.SectionFormatDialog`	This method invokes the built-in dialog box to set page settings and to design the headers and footers either for the whole document or for a single section.
`TXTextControl.SectionInsert`	Inserts a section break at the text input position or at a specified position.
`TXTextControl.SectionSelect`	This method can be used to select the specified section.

Events

Member	Description
`TXTextControl.PageChanged`	Occurs when the text input position has been moved to another page.
`TXTextControl.PageFormatChange`	Occurs when the page format settings have been changed.
`TXTextControl.SectionChanged`	Occurs when the text input position has been moved to another section.