Document.SaveDocument(DocumentFormat) Method

Saves the document to a byte array in the specified file format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v20.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

byte[] SaveDocument(
    DocumentFormat format
)

VB.NET

Function SaveDocument(
    format As DocumentFormat
) As Byte()

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
format	DocumentFormat	An enumeration member that specifies the output document format.

Returns

Type	Description
Byte[]	A byte array that contains data in the specified format.

Remarks

You can use this SaveDocument method overload to store a document in an external database.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
// ...

Document document = richEditControl.Document;

// Save a document to a byte array to store it in a database.
byte[] docBytes = document.SaveDocument(DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

// ...

// Load the saved document from a byte array.
document.LoadDocument(docBytes, DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
' ...

Dim document As Document = richEditControl.Document

' Save a document to a byte array to store it in a database.
Dim docBytes() As Byte = document.SaveDocument(DocumentFormat.OpenXml)

' ...

' Load the saved document from a byte array.
document.LoadDocument(docBytes, DocumentFormat.OpenXml)

Note

The SaveDocument method call does not change the Modified property value.