FootnoteOptions.StartNumber Property

Specifies the footnote reference’s starting number.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly : DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

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VB.NET

csharp

int StartNumber { get; set; }

Property StartNumber As Integer

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32

The starting number.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to StartNumber
Section

.FootnoteOptions .StartNumber

Remarks

The StartNumber value is ignored when the FootnoteOptions.RestartType property is set to NoteRestartType.NewSection or NoteRestartType.NewPage.

The code sample below shows how to change the footnotes format so they appear as follows:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Document.docx");
    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
    FootnoteOptions footnoteOptions = document.Sections[0].FootnoteOptions;
    footnoteOptions.NumberingFormat = NumberingFormat.UpperRoman;
    footnoteOptions.StartNumber = 5;
}

Using wordProcessor As New RichEditDocumentServer()
  wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Document.docx")
  Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
  Dim footnoteOptions As FootnoteOptions = document.Sections(0).FootnoteOptions
  footnoteOptions.NumberingFormat = NumberingFormat.UpperRoman
  footnoteOptions.StartNumber = 5
End Using