RichEditDocumentServerExtensions.SaveDocumentAsync(RichEditDocumentServer, String, DocumentFormat) Method

Asynchronously saves the document to a stream with the specified document format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

Declaration

C#

public static Task SaveDocumentAsync(
    this RichEditDocumentServer self,
    string fileName,
    DocumentFormat documentFormat
)

VB.NET

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function SaveDocumentAsync(
    self As RichEditDocumentServer,
    fileName As String,
    documentFormat As DocumentFormat
) As Task

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
self	RichEditDocumentServer	The current RichEditDocumentServer instance.
fileName	String	The path to the file to which to save the document.
documentFormat	DocumentFormat	The enumeration value that indicates the document format.

Returns

Type	Description
Task	An asynchronous export operation.

Remarks

Important

The RichEditDocumentServerExtensions class is defined in the DevExpress.Docs.v24.1.dll assembly. Add this assembly to your project to use the RichEditDocumentServerExtensions members. You need a license for the DevExpress Office File API Subscription or DevExpress Universal Subscription to use this library in production code.

The SaveDocumentAsync method call does not automatically change the RichEditDocumentServer.Modified property value.

Handle the RichEditDocumentServer.BeforeExport event if the specified document format requires that a certain type of content should be saved as external objects. Use the HtmlDocumentExporterOptions.EmbedImages property to specify whether images are embedded in HTML code or a custom IUriProvider is used to construct src image references.

Important

Take into account the following when you call this method:

• The events fired by this method call may occur in a different thread than the target operation.

• The operation is not thread safe (the document should not be accessed simultaneously by different threads). Wait until the operation is completed before you continue to work with the document (for example, use the await operator).

The code sample below merges two asynchronously loaded documents and asynchronously exports the result:

C#

private async void MergeDocuments()
{
  using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
  using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor2 = new RichEditDocumentServer())
  {
      await Task.WhenAll(new Task[]
      {
          wordProcessor.LoadDocumentAsync("Document1.docx"),
          wordProcessor2.LoadDocumentAsync("Document2.docx")
      });
      wordProcessor.AppendDocumentContent(wordProcessor2.Document.Range);
      await wordProcessor.SaveDocumentAsync("merged.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
  }
}

VB.NET

Private Async Sub MergeDocuments()
    Using wordProcessor As RichEditDocumentServer = New RichEditDocumentServer()

        Using wordProcessor2 As RichEditDocumentServer = New RichEditDocumentServer()
            Await Task.WhenAll(New Task() {wordProcessor.LoadDocumentAsync("Document1.docx"), wordProcessor2.LoadDocumentAsync("Document2.docx")})
            wordProcessor.AppendDocumentContent(wordProcessor2.Document.Range)
            Await wordProcessor.SaveDocumentAsync("merged.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
        End Using
    End Using
End Sub

The code sample below merges two asynchronously loaded documents and exports the result:

C#

private async void MergeDocuments()
{
  using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
  using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor2 = new RichEditDocumentServer())
  {
      await Task.WhenAll(new Task[]
      {
    wordProcessor.LoadDocumentAsync("Document1.docx"),
    wordProcessor2.LoadDocumentAsync("Document2.docx")
      });
      wordProcessor.Document.AppendDocumentContent(wordProcessor2.Document.Range);

      await wordProcessor.SaveDocumentAsync("merged.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
  }
}

VB.NET

Private Async Sub MergeDocuments()
  Using wordProcessor As New RichEditDocumentServer()
  Using wordProcessor2 As New RichEditDocumentServer()
    Await Task.WhenAll(New Task() { wordProcessor.LoadDocumentAsync("Document1.docx"), wordProcessor2.LoadDocumentAsync("Document2.docx") })
    wordProcessor.Document.AppendDocumentContent(wordProcessor2.Document.Range)
    Await wordProcessor.SaveDocumentAsync("merged.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
  End Using
  End Using
End Sub