# PageNumberField.PageNumberDialog Method

> Opens a dialog box to alter the formatting and numbering attributes of the page number field.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 19.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.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 for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > PageNumberField.PageNumberDialog Method
- **554 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/pagenumberdialog-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/pagenumberdialog-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/pagenumberdialog-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Opens a dialog box to alter the formatting and numbering attributes of the page number field.

### Syntax

```csharp
public Selection.DialogResult PageNumberDialog();
```

```vbnet
Public Function PageNumberDialog() As Selection.DialogResult
```

### Examples

The following example adds a current-page number field to the document footer by using `PageNumberField.PageNumberDialog`.

```csharp
textControl.HeadersAndFooters.Add(HeaderFooterType.Footer);
HeaderFooter footer = textControl.HeadersAndFooters.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Footer);
PageNumberField pageNumberField = new(1, NumberFormat.ArabicNumbers);
footer.PageNumberFields.Add(pageNumberField);

var result = pageNumberField.PageNumberDialog();
Console.WriteLine($"Page Number Dialog result: {result}");
```

```vbnet
textControl.HeadersAndFooters.Add(HeaderFooterType.Footer)
Dim footer As HeaderFooter = textControl.HeadersAndFooters.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Footer)
Dim pageNumberField As New PageNumberField(1, NumberFormat.ArabicNumbers)
footer.PageNumberFields.Add(pageNumberField)

Dim result = pageNumberField.PageNumberDialog()
Console.WriteLine($"Page Number Dialog result: {result}")
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [PageNumberField.NumberFormat Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/numberformat-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [PageNumberField.ShowNumberOfPages Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/shownumberofpages-property/llms-full.txt)