WD: WordBasic Examples: FormatSectionLayout

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample macro that demonstrates the use of the following WordBasic statement or function:

   FormatSectionLayout

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FormatSectionLayout

Syntax:

FormatSectionLayout [.SectionStart = number] [, .VertAlign = number] [, .Endnotes = number] [, .LineNum = number] [, .StartingNum = number] [, .FromText = text] [, .CountBy = text] [, .NumMode = number]

Example:

This macro allows the user to set attributes of the current section:

 Sub MAIN
   Begin Dialog UserDialog 270, 120, "Microsoft Word"
      OKButton 170, 68, 88, 21
      CancelButton 170, 93, 88, 21
      Text 8, 6, 100, 13, "Start Section", .Text1
      Text 6, 64, 137, 12, "Vertical Alignment", .Text2
      OptionGroup  .Start
         OptionButton 21, 21, 113, 16, "Continuous", .OptionButton1
         OptionButton 21, 39, 107, 16, "New Page", .OptionButton2
      OptionGroup  .Align
         OptionButton 21, 79, 59, 16, "Top", .OptionButton3
         OptionButton 21, 97, 97, 16, "Centered", .OptionButton4
   End Dialog
   Dim dlg As UserDialog
   GetCurValues dlg
   n = Dialog(dlg)
   If n = 0 Then Goto Bye :
   If dlg.Start = 0 Then
      Start = 0
   Else
      Start = 2
   End If
   If dlg.Align = 0 Then
      Align = 0
   Else
      Align = 1
   End If
   FormatSectionLayout .SectionStart = Start, .VertAlign = Align
 bye:
 End Sub