Block Class

Namespace:

GemBox.Document

Assembly:

GemBox.Document.dll

Represents a base class for all block elements - Paragraph, Table and TableOfEntries.

• C#
• VB.NET

public abstract class Block : Element

Public MustInherit Class Block
    Inherits Element

Inheritance:

System.Object

Element

Block

Derived

BlockContentControl

Paragraph

TableOfEntries

Table

Remarks

Block elements take the entire width of a document. No other document element can be contained in the same line with a block element.

Block elements, especially Paragraphs, are starting building blocks for Section, HeaderFooter, TableCell and TableOfEntries content.

For more information, see GemBox.Document Content Model.

Properties

ParentCollection

Gets the BlockCollection that contains this Block instance.

• C#
• VB.NET

public BlockCollection ParentCollection { get; }

Public ReadOnly Property ParentCollection As BlockCollection

Property Value

BlockCollection

The BlockCollection that contains this Block instance.

Methods

Clone(Boolean)

Clones this Block instance.

• C#
• VB.NET

public Block Clone(bool cloneDescendants)

Public Function Clone(cloneDescendants As Boolean) As Block

Parameters

cloneDescendants

System.Boolean

If set to true clones all descendants recursively; otherwise clones only current Block.

Returns

Block

Cloned Block.

Remarks

Document content element instance can exist only in a one place in the document.

If you want to insert document content element into some other part of the same document, then clone the element and insert its clone.

If you want to insert document content element into another document, then you should first import it into another document with Import<T>(T, Boolean, Boolean) method and then insert the imported element.

For more information, see cloning example.

Inherited Properties

Content	Gets the content of the current Element. (Inherited from Element)
Document	Gets the owner document. (Inherited from Element)
ElementType	Gets the ElementType of this Element instance. (Inherited from Element)
Parent	Gets the parent of this Element instance. (Inherited from Element)

Inherited Methods

GetChildElements(System.Boolean)	Gets the child elements. (Inherited from Element)
GetChildElements(System.Boolean, ElementType[])	Gets the child elements filtered by ElementType. (Inherited from Element)
GetParentElements()	Gets the parent elements. (Inherited from Element)
GetParentElements(ElementType[])	Gets the parent elements. (Inherited from Element)