ASPxSpreadsheet.SaveCopy(DocumentFormat) Method

Saves a copy of the active document in the specified format to a byte array.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.ASPxSpreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.ASPxSpreadsheet.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Office

Declaration

C#

public byte[] SaveCopy(
    DocumentFormat format
)

VB.NET

Public Function SaveCopy(
    format As DocumentFormat
) As Byte()

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
format	DocumentFormat	The document format.

Returns

Type	Description
Byte[]	An array of bytes where to save the document.

Remarks

Use the SaveCopy method to save a copy of the active document to a byte array in the specified format. This method exports the document with the current changes, but do not affect the original document state (it does not initiate document synchronization, does not apply client changes to the document model, etc.).

C#

using DevExpress.Web.Office;

byte[] documentContentAsByteArray = ASPxSpreadsheet1.SaveCopy(DocumentFormat.Xlsx);
// Your custom logic to save a document to a custom storage

VB

Imports DevExpress.Web.Office

Dim documentContentAsByteArray As Byte() = ASPxSpreadsheet1.SaveCopy(DocumentFormat.Xlsx)
' Your custom logic to save a document to a custom storage

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

asp-net-web-forms-spreadsheet-work-with-database/CS/ASPxSpreadsheetBinding/Default.aspx.cs#L45

    e.Command.Parameters["@Id"].Value = 1; // First Row
    e.Command.Parameters["@DocBytes"].Value = Spreadsheet.SaveCopy(DocumentFormat.Xlsx);
}

VB.NET

asp-net-web-forms-spreadsheet-work-with-database/VB/ASPxSpreadsheetBinding/Default.aspx.vb#L50

    e.Command.Parameters("@Id").Value = 1 ' First Row
    e.Command.Parameters("@DocBytes").Value = Spreadsheet.SaveCopy(DocumentFormat.Xlsx)
End Sub