IdxRichEditDocument.RtfText Property
Specifies document content (as an RTF string).
Declaration
property RtfText: string read; write;Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| string | Document content (as an RTF string). |
Remarks
You can use the RtfText property to import/export document content in the RTF format (ensure that support for the Rich Text Format (RTF) is enabled).
Internal Document Model and Import/Export Operations
Important
TdxRichEditControl and TdxRichEditDocumentServer components do not work natively with documents in the DOC format. Instead, these components build a document model in memory using an internal XML-like format. You can use the IdxRichEditDocument interface to edit the current document directly.
The RtfText property value’s read/write operations import/export document content. You can use the following properties to configure RTF import/export settings:
- Options.Export.Rtf
- Provides access to settings applied to exporting a document to the RTF file format.
- Options.Import.Rtf
- Provides access to settings applied to importing rich text (RTF) documents into the Rich Edit control.
Import/Export Format Support
DevExpress Rich Text components initially support a limited number of document formats to avoid excessive dependencies:
- TdxRichEditControl
- Has predefined support only for TXT and RTF.
- TdxRichEditDocumentServer
- Has predefined support only for TXT.
To enable support for all available formats, add all required dependencies at design time or in code:
| Extension | Document Format | Format Value | Import/Export Settings | Support / Required Dependencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TXT/txt |
Plain Text | PlainText | Options.Import.PlainText/Options.Export.PlainText | Built-in Support |
RTF/rtf |
Rich Text Format | Rtf | Options.Import.Rtf/Options.Export.Rtf | dxRichEdit.Rtf (add only for TdxRichEditDocumentServer) |
DOC/doc |
Microsoft Word® 97 – 2003 | Doc | Options.Import.Doc/Options.Export.Doc | dxRichEdit.Doc |
HTML/html |
Hypertext Markup Language | Html | Options.Import.Html/Options.Export.Html | dxRichEdit.Html |
DOCX/docx |
Office OpenXML | OpenXml | Options.Import.OpenXml/Options.Export.OpenXml | dxRichEdit.OpenXML |
At design time, you can right-click a TdxRichEditControl or TdxRichEditDocumentServer component, expand the Add Unit to Support menu item, and add all required dependencies.
Other Document Import/Export Options
You can also use the following API members to import/export document content in different supported[1] formats:
- DocBytes
- Specifies document content as a byte array (in the Microsoft Word® 97 – 2003 binary format).
- OpenXmlBytes
- Specifies document content as a byte array (in the Office OpenXML format).
- Text
- Specifies document content (as a plain text string).
- LoadDocument | SaveDocument
- Export/import document content to/from a file or stream in any supported format.