In some scenarios, it is necessary to load a document stored on a user’s hard disk to the ASPxRichEdit control. The ASPxRichEdit does not support this feature, but you can use a workaround described in this example. Note, that in this example the open document is not saved to the Working Directory. If you need to save the open document to the Working Directory see this example.The ASPxUploadControl is developed to save client files to the server via a browser. This control includes the Advanced mode that allows users to load documents using drag-and-drop. The ASPxUploadControl’s ExternalDropZoneID property defines which HTML element is used to release files dragged from the client’s hardware. Using this property, you can invoke document loading by dragging it to the ASPxRichEdit control. When the ASPxUploadControl finishes loading the document, it is saved as a stream via the RichEditDocumentServer and opened in the ASPxRichEdit control.
View Example
using DevExpress.Web.Office;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using System.IO;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page {
string uploadedDocId = "uploadedDocId";
protected void UploadControl_FileUploadComplete(object sender, DevExpress.Web.FileUploadCompleteEventArgs e) {
if(e.UploadedFile.IsValid)
e.CallbackData = e.UploadedFile.FileNameInStorage;
}
protected void RichEdit_Callback(object sender, DevExpress.Web.CallbackEventArgsBase e) {
string path = MapPath(UploadControl.FileSystemSettings.UploadFolder) + "\\" + e.Parameter;
using(MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream()) {
using(RichEditDocumentServer server = new RichEditDocumentServer()) {
server.LoadDocument(path);
server.SaveDocument(stream, DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
stream.Position = 0;
DocumentManager.CloseDocument(uploadedDocId);
RichEdit.Open(uploadedDocId, DocumentFormat.OpenXml, () => stream);
}
}
File.Delete(path);
}
}
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<%@ Register assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxRichEdit.v16.1, Version=16.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxRichEdit" tagprefix="dx" %>
<%@ Register assembly="DevExpress.Web.v16.1, Version=16.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" namespace="DevExpress.Web" tagprefix="dx" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function onUploadControlFileUploadComplete(s, e) {
if(e.isValid)
RichEdit.PerformCallback(e.callbackData);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<dx:ASPxRichEdit ID="RichEdit" runat="server" OnCallback="RichEdit_Callback">
</dx:ASPxRichEdit>
<dx:ASPxUploadControl ID="UploadControl" runat="server" UploadMode="Auto" AutoStartUpload="True" ClientVisible="false" UploadStorage="FileSystem"
OnFileUploadComplete="UploadControl_FileUploadComplete">
<AdvancedModeSettings EnableDragAndDrop="True" EnableFileList="False" EnableMultiSelect="False" ExternalDropZoneID="RichEdit" />
<FileSystemSettings UploadFolder="~\App_Data\Uploads" />
<ClientSideEvents FileUploadComplete="onUploadControlFileUploadComplete" />
<ValidationSettings AllowedFileExtensions=".doc,.docx,.rtf,.txt" MaxFileSize="4194304" />
</dx:ASPxUploadControl>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>
<%@ Register assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxRichEdit.v16.1, Version=16.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxRichEdit" tagprefix="dx" %>
<%@ Register assembly="DevExpress.Web.v16.1, Version=16.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" namespace="DevExpress.Web" tagprefix="dx" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function onUploadControlFileUploadComplete(s, e) {
if(e.isValid)
RichEdit.PerformCallback(e.callbackData);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<dx:ASPxRichEdit ID="RichEdit" runat="server" OnCallback="RichEdit_Callback">
</dx:ASPxRichEdit>
<dx:ASPxUploadControl ID="UploadControl" runat="server" UploadMode="Auto" AutoStartUpload="True" ClientVisible="false" UploadStorage="FileSystem"
OnFileUploadComplete="UploadControl_FileUploadComplete">
<AdvancedModeSettings EnableDragAndDrop="True" EnableFileList="False" EnableMultiSelect="False" ExternalDropZoneID="RichEdit" />
<FileSystemSettings UploadFolder="~\App_Data\Uploads" />
<ClientSideEvents FileUploadComplete="onUploadControlFileUploadComplete" />
<ValidationSettings AllowedFileExtensions=".doc,.docx,.rtf,.txt" MaxFileSize="4194304" />
</dx:ASPxUploadControl>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Imports DevExpress.Web.Office
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports System.IO
Partial Public Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Private uploadedDocId As String = "uploadedDocId"
Protected Sub UploadControl_FileUploadComplete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.FileUploadCompleteEventArgs)
If e.UploadedFile.IsValid Then
e.CallbackData = e.UploadedFile.FileNameInStorage
End If
End Sub
Protected Sub RichEdit_Callback(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.CallbackEventArgsBase)
Dim path As String = MapPath(UploadControl.FileSystemSettings.UploadFolder) & "\" & e.Parameter
Using stream As New MemoryStream()
Using server As New RichEditDocumentServer()
server.LoadDocument(path)
server.SaveDocument(stream, DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
stream.Position = 0
DocumentManager.CloseDocument(uploadedDocId)
RichEdit.Open(uploadedDocId, DocumentFormat.OpenXml, Function() stream)
End Using
End Using
File.Delete(path)
End Sub
End Class