Interface IStyleCollection

Represents a collection of IStyle objects.

Inherited Members
System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
Namespace: Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
Assembly: Syncfusion.DocIO.Base.dll
Syntax
public interface IStyleCollection : ICollectionBase, IEnumerable

Properties

FixedIndex13HasStyle

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the stylesheet has style at 13th index

Declaration
bool FixedIndex13HasStyle { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

True, if the stylesheet has style at 13th index(other than empty style), otherwise false
Remarks

Reserved styles are applicable only for *.doc format

FixedIndex13StyleName

Gets or sets the name of the style at 13th index in the stylesheet

Declaration
string FixedIndex13StyleName { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

The string that represents the name of the style.
Remarks

Reserved styles are applicable only for *.doc format

FixedIndex14HasStyle

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the stylesheet has style at 14th index

Declaration
bool FixedIndex14HasStyle { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

True, if the stylesheet has style at 14th index(other than empty style), otherwise false
Remarks

Reserved styles are applicable only for *.doc format

FixedIndex14StyleName

Gets or sets the name of the style at 14th index in the stylesheet

Declaration
string FixedIndex14StyleName { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

The string that represents the name of the style.
Remarks

Reserved styles are applicable only for *.doc format

Item[Int32]

Gets the Style at the specified index.

Declaration
IStyle this[int index] { get; }
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Int32 index

The zero-based index of the style to get
Property Value
Type Description
IStyle

The Style at the specified index
Exceptions
Type Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The index is not valid index in the StyleCollection

Methods

Add(IStyle)

Adds the specified Style to collection.

Declaration
int Add(IStyle style)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IStyle style

The Style to be added to the styles collection.
Returns
Type Description
System.Int32

The zero-based index of the added Style.
Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to add style to the document.

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Open an input Word template
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument(inputFileName);
    //Access the styles collection which contains paragraph and character styles in Word document
    WParagraphStyle style = new WParagraphStyle(document);
    //Specify the style name.
    style.Name = "User_Defined_style";
    //Specify the character properties for the style
    style.CharacterFormat.Bold = true;
    style.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Arial";
    style.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 14;
    //Specify the paragraph properties for the style
    style.ParagraphFormat.BackColor = Color.LightGray;
    style.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 18f;
    style.ParagraphFormat.BeforeSpacing = 18f;
    StyleCollection styleCollection = document.Styles as StyleCollection;
    //Add the style to the document styles collection.
    styleCollection.Add(style);
    //Save and close the document
    document.Save(outputFileName, FormatType.Docx);
    document.Close();
}
Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Open an input Word template
    Dim document As New WordDocument(inputFileName)
    'Access the styles collection which contains paragraph and character styles in Word document
    Dim style As New WParagraphStyle(document)
    'Specify the style name.
    style.Name = "User_Defined_style"
    'Specify the character properties for the style
    style.CharacterFormat.Bold = True
    style.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Arial"
    style.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 14
    'Specify the paragraph properties for the style
    style.ParagraphFormat.BackColor = Color.LightGray
    style.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 18F
    style.ParagraphFormat.BeforeSpacing = 18F
    Dim styleCollection As StyleCollection = TryCast(document.Styles, StyleCollection)
    'Add the style to the document styles collection.
    styleCollection.Add(style)
    'Save and close the document
    document.Save(outputFileName, FormatType.Docx)
    document.Close()
End Sub

FindById(Int32)

Finds a style specified by its style Id.

Declaration
IStyle FindById(int styleId)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Int32 styleId

The integer that represents the Id of the style.
Returns
Type Description
IStyle

The IStyle object of specified Id
Exceptions
Type Condition
System.ArgumentNullException

The style Id is not valid in the StyleCollection

FindByName(String)

Finds a first style in the collection with specified style name.

Declaration
IStyle FindByName(string name)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String name

The string value that represents the name of the style to be found.
Returns
Type Description
IStyle

The IStyle object of specified name
Examples

The following example illustrates how to find a style by its name and modify its character and paragraph formats.

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Open an input Word template
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument(inputFileName);
    //Access the styles collection which contains paragraph and character styles in Word document
    IStyleCollection styleCollection = document.Styles;
    //Find the style with the name "Heading 1"
    WParagraphStyle heading1ParagraphStyle = styleCollection.FindByName("Heading 1") as WParagraphStyle;
    //Change the text color of style "Heading 1" as DarkBlue
    heading1ParagraphStyle.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.DarkBlue;
    //Change the first line indent of Paragraph as 36 points
    heading1ParagraphStyle.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 36;
    document.Save(outputFileName, FormatType.Docx);
    document.Close();
}
Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Open an input Word template
    Dim document As New WordDocument(inputFileName)
    'Access the styles collection which contains paragraph and character styles in Word document
    Dim styleCollection As IStyleCollection = document.Styles
    'Find the style with the name "Heading 1"
    Dim heading1ParagraphStyle As WParagraphStyle = TryCast(styleCollection.FindByName("Heading 1"), WParagraphStyle)
    'Change the text color of style "Heading 1" as DarkBlue
    heading1ParagraphStyle.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.DarkBlue
    'Change the first line indent of paragraph as 36 points
    heading1ParagraphStyle.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 36
    document.Save(outputFileName, FormatType.Docx)
    document.Close()
End Sub
Exceptions
Type Condition
System.ArgumentNullException

The style name is not valid in the StyleCollection

FindByName(String, StyleType)

Finds a style in the collection specified by the style name and style type.

Declaration
IStyle FindByName(string name, StyleType styleType)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String name

The string value that represents the name of the style to be found.
StyleType styleType

The StyleType of the specified style.
Returns
Type Description
IStyle

The IStyle object with the specified name.
Examples

The following example illustrates how to find a style by its name and its type.

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Open an input Word template
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument(inputFileName);
    //Access the styles collection which contains paragraph and character styles in Word document
    IStyleCollection styleCollection = document.Styles;
    //Find the style with the name "Heading 1"
    WParagraphStyle heading1ParagraphStyle = styleCollection.FindByName("Heading 1", StyleType.ParagraphStyle) as WParagraphStyle;
    //Change the text color of style "Heading 1" as DarkBlue
    heading1ParagraphStyle.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.DarkBlue;
    //Change the first line indent of Paragraph as 36 points
    heading1ParagraphStyle.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 36;
    document.Save(outputFileName, FormatType.Docx);
    document.Close();
}
Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Open an input Word template
    Dim document As New WordDocument(inputFileName)
    'Access the styles collection which contains paragraph and character styles in Word document
    Dim styleCollection As IStyleCollection = document.Styles
    'Find the style with the name "Heading 1"
    Dim heading1ParagraphStyle As WParagraphStyle = TryCast(styleCollection.FindByName("Heading 1", StyleType.ParagraphStyle), WParagraphStyle)
    'Change the text color of style "Heading 1" as DarkBlue
    heading1ParagraphStyle.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.DarkBlue
    'Change the first line indent of Paragraph as 36 points
    heading1ParagraphStyle.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 36
    document.Save(outputFileName, FormatType.Docx)
    document.Close()
End Sub
Exceptions
Type Condition
System.ArgumentNullException

The style name is not valid in the StyleCollection

Extension Methods