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V24.1

RichEditDocumentServer.SaveDocument(DocumentFormat, EncryptionSettings) Method

Saves the document to a byte array in the specified file format and encrypts it with a password.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

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

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

Declaration

public byte[] SaveDocument(
    DocumentFormat documentFormat,
    EncryptionSettings encryptionSettings
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
documentFormat DocumentFormat

An enumeration member that specifies the output document format.

encryptionSettings EncryptionSettings

Specifies encryption settings.

Returns

Type Description
Byte[]

A byte array that contains encrypted data in the specified format.

Remarks

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

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

using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    // Specify encryption settings.
    EncryptionSettings encryptionSettings = new EncryptionSettings
    {
        Type = EncryptionType.Strong,
        Password = "password"
    };

// Save the document to a byte array.
byte[] docBytes = wordProcessor.SaveDocument(DocumentFormat.OpenXml, encryptionSettings);
}
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