RichEditDocumentServerExtensions.Compare(Document, Document, ComparisonTargetType) Method

Compares the current document with another document. Returns the document with revisions. Allows you to specify where to load the resulting document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

Declaration

C#

public static void Compare(
    this Document originalDocument,
    Document revisedDocument,
    ComparisonTargetType targetType
)

VB.NET

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Sub Compare(
    originalDocument As Document,
    revisedDocument As Document,
    targetType As ComparisonTargetType
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
originalDocument	Document	The original document.
revisedDocument	Document	The document that should be compared to the original document.
targetType	ComparisonTargetType	An enumeration value that specifies where to load the resulting document.

Example

The following code snippet replaces the revised document with the comparison result:

C#

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

var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer();
var wordProcessorRevised = new RichEditDocumentServer();
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("C:\\Documents\\sample text original.docx");
wordProcessorRevised.LoadDocument("C:\\Documents\\sample text revised.docx");

wordProcessor.Document.Compare(wordProcessorRevised.Document, ComparisonTargetType.Revised);
wordProcessorRevised.SaveDocument("comparison.docx", DocumentFormat.Docx);

VB.NET

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

Private wordProcessor = New RichEditDocumentServer()
Private wordProcessorRevised = New RichEditDocumentServer()
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("C:\Documents\sample text original.docx")
wordProcessorRevised.LoadDocument("C:\Documents\sample text revised.docx")

Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document.Compare(wordProcessorRevised.Document, ComparisonTargetType.Revised)
wordProcessorRevised.SaveDocument("comparison.docx", DocumentFormat.Docx)