Document Management

• Aug 08, 2024

Open a document

JS

var documentAsBase64 = "e1xydGYxXGRlZmYwe1xmb250dGJse1xmMCBDYWxpYnJpO319e1xjb2xvcnRibCA7XHJlZDB"
    + "cZ3JlZW4wXGJsdWUyNTUgO1xyZWQyNTVcZ3JlZW4yNTVcYmx1ZTI1NSA7fXtcKlxkZWZjaHAgXGZzMjJ9e1xzdHl"    
    + "sZXNoZWV0IHtccWxcZnMyMiBOb3JtYWw7fXtcKlxjczFcZnMyMiBEZWZhdWx0IFBhcmFncmFwaCBGb250O317XCp"
    + "cY3MyXGZzMjJcY2YxIEh5cGVybGluazt9e1wqXHRzM1x0c3Jvd2RcZnMyMlxxbFx0c3ZlcnRhbHRcdHNjZWxsY2J"
    + "wYXQyXHRzY2VsbHBjdDBcY2x0eGxydGIgTm9ybWFsIFRhYmxlO319e1wqXGxpc3RvdmVycmlkZXRhYmxlfXtcaW5"
    + "mb31cbm91aWNvbXBhdFxzcGx5dHduaW5lXGh0bWF1dHNwXGV4cHNocnRuXHNwbHRwZ3BhclxkZWZ0YWI3MjBcc2V"
    + "jdGRcbWFyZ2xzeG4xNDQwXG1hcmdyc3huMTQ0MFxtYXJndHN4bjE0NDBcbWFyZ2JzeG4xNDQwXGhlYWRlcnk3MjB"
    + "cZm9vdGVyeTcyMFxwZ3dzeG4xMjI0MFxwZ2hzeG4xNTg0MFxjb2xzMVxjb2xzeDcyMFxwYXJkXHBsYWluXHFse1x"
    + "mczIyXGNmMFxjczEgRG9jdW1lbnQgdGV4dH1cZnMyMlxjZjBccGFyfQ==";
richEdit.openDocument(documentAsBase64, "DocumentName", DevExpress.RichEdit.DocumentFormat.Rtf);

Export a document

JS

richEdit.exportToBase64(function (documentAsBase64) {
    console.log(documentAsBase64);
}, DevExpress.RichEdit.DocumentFormat.Rtf);

Save a document

JS

richEdit.events.saving.addHandler(function(s, e) {
    console.log(e.base64);
    e.handled = true;
});
// ...
richEdit.saveDocument(DevExpress.RichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

Download a document

JS

richEdit.newDocument();
// downloads the myDocument.rtf file
richEdit.downloadDocument(DevExpress.RichEdit.DocumentFormat.Rtf, 'myDocument');

Mail merge and load the resulting document

JS

var format = DevExpress.RichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml;
var newDataSource = [
    { firstName: "Alex", birthYear: 1991 },
    { firstName: "Joe", birthYear: 1990 },
    { firstName: "Bob", birthYear: 1995 }
];
richEdit.newDocument();
richEdit.document.insertText(richEdit.document.length, 'FirstName: ');
richEdit.document.fields.createMergeField(richEdit.document.length, "firstName");

richEdit.mailMergeOptions.setDataSource(newDataSource);
richEdit.mailMerge(function (mergedDocument) {
  richEdit.openDocument(mergedDocument, "MergedDocument", format);
}, DevExpress.RichEdit.MergeMode.NewParagraph, format);