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.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

Public Function SaveDocument(
    documentFormat As DocumentFormat,
    encryptionSettings As EncryptionSettings
) As Byte()

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.

C#

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.Docx, encryptionSettings);
}

VB.NET

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

Using wordProcessor As New RichEditDocumentServer()
    ' Specify encryption settings.
    Dim encryptionSettings As New EncryptionSettings With {
        .Type = EncryptionType.Strong,
        .Password = "password"
    }

' Save the document to a byte array.
Dim docBytes() As Byte = wordProcessor.SaveDocument(DocumentFormat.Docx, encryptionSettings)
End Using

Implements

SaveDocument(DocumentFormat, EncryptionSettings)