SubDocument.GetWordMLText(DocumentRange) Method

Gets the text contained in the specified range in WordML format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

string GetWordMLText(
    DocumentRange range
)

VB.NET

Function GetWordMLText(
    range As DocumentRange
) As String

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
range	DocumentRange	A DocumentRange object representing a text range in the document.

Returns

Type	Description
String	A string of text in WordML format.

Remarks

You can specify export options via the RichEditDocumentExportOptions.Rtf property in the RichEditControl.BeforeExport event handler or use another GetWordMLText method overload.

If you operate with a selection range, the GetWordMLText method should be enclosed within a DocumentRange.BeginUpdateDocument - DocumentRange.EndUpdateDocument method pair. Otherwise, an incorrect document model might be selected, resulting in an exception “Error: specified document position or range belongs to other document or subdocument” being thrown.

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

This code snippet illustrates how to export the selected range to the string in WordML (XML) format.

View Example

Form1.cs

if (this.richEditControl.Document.Selection.Length > 0) {
    DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.DocumentRange selection = richEditControl.Document.Selection;
    DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.SubDocument doc = selection.BeginUpdateDocument();
    wordMLText = doc.GetWordMLText(selection);
    selection.EndUpdateDocument(doc);
}
else {
    wordMLText = richEditControl.Document.GetWordMLText(richEditControl.Document.Range);
}

Form1.vb

If Me.richEditControl.Document.Selection.Length > 0 Then
    Dim selection As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.DocumentRange = richEditControl.Document.Selection
    Dim doc As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.SubDocument = selection.BeginUpdateDocument()
    wordMLText = doc.GetWordMLText(selection)
    selection.EndUpdateDocument(doc)
Else
    wordMLText = richEditControl.Document.GetWordMLText(richEditControl.Document.Range)
End If

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-richedit-save-text-from-a-range-in-different-formats/CS/GetTextMethodsExample/Form1.cs#L179

DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.SubDocument doc = selection.BeginUpdateDocument();
wordMLText = doc.GetWordMLText(selection);
selection.EndUpdateDocument(doc);

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-save-text-from-a-range-in-different-formats/VB/GetTextMethodsExample/Form1.vb#L135

Dim doc As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.SubDocument = selection.BeginUpdateDocument()
wordMLText = doc.GetWordMLText(selection)
selection.EndUpdateDocument(doc)