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Gets or sets a document’s measure units.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
Assembly : DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.2.Core.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.RichEdit.Core
DocumentUnit Unit { get; set; }
Property Unit As DocumentUnit
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| DocumentUnit |
One of the DocumentUnit enumeration values indicating the measure unit.
|
Available values:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Document |
Specifies documents (one three-hundredths of an inch) as measurement units.
| | Inch |
Specifies inches as measurement units.
| | Millimeter |
Specifies millimeters as measurement units.
| | Centimeter |
Specifies centimeters as measurement units.
| | Point |
Specifies points as measurement units.
|
The Unit property specifies almost all properties involving linear measurements. The default unit of measurement is the DocumentUnit.Document.
Changing the Unit value recalculates all related properties as well. Specify the Unit property before setting target linear measurements.
The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Unit property.
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winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayout.cs#L11
document.LoadDocument("Documents//Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch;
Section sec = document.Sections[0];
wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.cs#L16
document.LoadDocument("Documents//Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch;
Section sec = document.Sections[0];
word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.cs#L25
// Specify the document’s measure units.
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch;
winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/Form1.cs#L402
richEditControl.CreateNewDocument();
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Document;
document.EndUpdate();
winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayout.vb#L10
document.LoadDocument("Documents//Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch
Dim sec As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Section = document.Sections(0)
wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.vb#L8
document.LoadDocument("Documents//Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch
Dim sec As Section = document.Sections(0)
word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/PageLayoutActions.vb#L28
' Specify the document’s measure units.
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Inch
' Access the first document section.
winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/Form1.vb#L392
richEditControl.CreateNewDocument()
document.Unit = DevExpress.Office.DocumentUnit.Document
document.EndUpdate()
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