Description

Gets a particular header or footer from the collection. If the specified header or footer does not exist in the collection an ArgumentException is thrown.

Syntax

public HeaderFooter GetItem(HeaderFooterType headerFooterType);

Public Function GetItem(headerFooterType As HeaderFooterType) As HeaderFooter

Parameters

Parameter

Description

headerFooterType

Specifies the header or footer to return. It can be a value of the HeaderFooterType enumeration:

Value	Meaning
Header	Returns the header. If an even header exists, the returned object represents the odd header. Otherwise, it represents the header of all pages.
FirstPageHeader	Returns the special header of the document's first page.
Footer	Returns the footer. If an even footer exists, the returned object represents the odd footer. Otherwise, it represents the footer of all pages.
FirstPageFooter	Returns the special footer of the document's first page.
EvenHeader	Returns the even header.
EvenFooter	Returns the even footer.

Examples

The following example retrieves the section footer and updates its text.

HeaderFooterCollection headersAndFooters = textControl.Sections[1].HeadersAndFooters;
headersAndFooters.Add(HeaderFooterType.Footer);
HeaderFooter footer = headersAndFooters.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Footer);
footer.Selection.Text = "Confidential — Finance Department";

Dim headersAndFooters As HeaderFooterCollection = textControl.Sections(1).HeadersAndFooters
headersAndFooters.Add(HeaderFooterType.Footer)
Dim footer As HeaderFooter = headersAndFooters.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Footer)
footer.Selection.Text = "Confidential — Finance Department"