SubDocument.GetDotBytes(DocumentRange) Method

Exports the range content in DOT (Microsoft Word 97-2007 Template) format and returns a byte array with this content.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

byte[] GetDotBytes(
    DocumentRange range
)

VB.NET

Function GetDotBytes(
    range As DocumentRange
) As Byte()

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
range	DocumentRange	The range to convert to DOT format.

Returns

Type	Description
Byte[]	The range content in DOT format.

Remarks

If you work with a selection range, make sure that the GetDotBytes method is enclosed with the DocumentRange.BeginUpdateDocument - DocumentRange.EndUpdateDocument method pair. Otherwise, an incorrect document model might be selected, and the “Error: specified document position or range belongs to other document or subdocument” exception is thrown.

To retrieve section settings, make sure that the range contains the last section’s paragraph. Otherwise, the section settings are reset to default.

C#

using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("FirstLook.docx");
    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
    byte[] bytes = document.GetDotBytes(document.Range);
    File.WriteAllBytes(@"D:\testdoc.dot", bytes);
}

VB.NET

Using wordProcessor As New RichEditDocumentServer()
  wordProcessor.LoadDocument("FirstLook.docx")
  Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
  Dim bytes() As Byte = document.GetDotBytes(document.Range)
  File.WriteAllBytes("D:\testdoc.dot", bytes)
End Using