# PageNumberFieldCollection.GetItem Method

> Gets a particular page number field from the collection.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl > PageNumberFieldCollection.GetItem Method
- **804 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfieldcollection/getitem-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfieldcollection/getitem-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfieldcollection/getitem-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets a particular page number field from the collection.

### Syntax

#### GetItem()

Gets the page number field at the current input position or null if there is no page number field at the current input position.

```csharp
public PageNumberField GetItem();
```

```vbnet
Public Function GetItem() As PageNumberField
```

#### GetItem(int)

Gets the page number field with the specified id. An id can be set with the [PageNumberField.ID](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/textfield/id-property/llms-full.txt) property.

```csharp
public PageNumberField GetItem(int id);
```

```vbnet
Public Function GetItem(id As Integer) As PageNumberField
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| id | Specifies the page number field's identifier. The method returns null, if a page number field with the specified identifier does not exist. |

### Examples

The following example retrieves the page-number field at the current input position and switches it to total-page mode.

```csharp
textControl.HeadersAndFooters.Add(HeaderFooterType.Footer);
HeaderFooter footer = textControl.HeadersAndFooters.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Footer);
PageNumberFieldCollection fields = footer.PageNumberFields;
fields.Add(new PageNumberField());
PageNumberField field = fields.GetItem();
if (field != null)
{
    field.ShowNumberOfPages = true;
}
```

```vbnet
textControl.HeadersAndFooters.Add(HeaderFooterType.Footer)
Dim footer As HeaderFooter = textControl.HeadersAndFooters.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Footer)
Dim fields As PageNumberFieldCollection = footer.PageNumberFields
fields.Add(New PageNumberField())
Dim field As PageNumberField = fields.GetItem()
If field IsNot Nothing Then
    field.ShowNumberOfPages = True
End If
```

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