ASPxRichEdit.Open(String) Method

Opens a document from a file system.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.ASPxRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.ASPxRichEdit.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Office

Declaration

C#

public void Open(
    string pathToDocument
)

VB.NET

Public Sub Open(
    pathToDocument As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pathToDocument	String	The path to a document to open.

Remarks

Call this Open method to open a document from the server’s file system. When you open a document for the first time, the control loads it to the server’s memory and generates a DocumentId from the pathToDocument parameter value.

If the document is already open, the method activates the document stored in the server’s memory.

C#

string pathToDocument = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/Documents/doc.rtf");
ASPxRichEdit1.Open(pathToDocument);

VB

Dim pathToDocument As String = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/Documents/doc.rtf")
ASPxRichEdit1.Open(pathToDocument)

Specify the WorkDirectory property to enable the Open and Save As UI commands. Users cannot access the file system outside the specified directory.

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C#

asp-net-web-forms-ai-integration-to-text-editors/CS/WebFormsAIIntegration/RichEdit.aspx.cs#L46

if(!IsPostBack) {
    ASPxRichEdit1.Open(Server.MapPath("Documents/sample1.docx"));
}