RichEditDocumentServer.LoadDocument(String, DocumentFormat) Method

Loads a document from a file, specifying the document format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

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

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

Declaration

C#

public virtual bool LoadDocument(
    string fileName,
    DocumentFormat documentFormat
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function LoadDocument(
    fileName As String,
    documentFormat As DocumentFormat
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fileName	String	A string specifying the file to load (including the full path).
documentFormat	DocumentFormat	One of the DocumentFormat enumeration members, indicating the document format.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if the document is successfully loaded; otherwise, false.

Remarks

If the document is in a different format than specified or the passed string value is null, the RichEditDocumentServer.InvalidFormatException event fires.

After loading a document, the DocumentSaveOptions.CurrentFileName property is set to the file name and the DocumentSaveOptions.CurrentFormat property is set to the specified format.

Tip

Determine a moment when the document model can be safely modified using the RichEditDocumentServer.DocumentLoaded event. Handle the DocumentLayout.DocumentFormatted event to check the loaded document’s layout.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/InlinePictureActions.cs#L20

// Load a document from a file.
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents\\Grimm.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

word-document-api-insert-inline-pictures/CS/InlinePictures/Program.cs#L21

{
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Texts\\InlinePictures.rtf", DocumentFormat.Rtf);
    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;

word-document-api-use-docvariable-fields/CS/WordProcessingFileAPI_CalcDocumentVariable/Program.cs#L18

RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer();
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Docs\\invitation.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

word-document-api-use-printablecomponentlink-to-print-document/CS/PrintingSystem/Form1.cs#L21

RichEditDocumentServer srv = new RichEditDocumentServer();
srv.LoadDocument("Grimm.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
// Insert a field displaying the current date/time into the document header.

VB.NET

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/InlinePictureActions.vb#L20

' Load a document from a file.
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents\Grimm.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
' Access a document.

word-document-api-insert-inline-pictures/VB/InlinePictures/Program.vb#L18

Using wordProcessor As RichEditDocumentServer = New RichEditDocumentServer()
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Texts\InlinePictures.rtf", DocumentFormat.Rtf)
    Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document

word-document-api-use-docvariable-fields/VB/WordProcessingFileAPI_CalcDocumentVariable/Program.vb#L12

Dim wordProcessor As RichEditDocumentServer = New RichEditDocumentServer()
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Docs\invitation.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)

word-document-api-use-printablecomponentlink-to-print-document/VB/PrintingSystem/Form1.vb#L21

Dim srv As RichEditDocumentServer = New RichEditDocumentServer()
srv.LoadDocument("Grimm.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
' Insert a field displaying the current date/time into the document header.