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RichEditControl.BeforeExport Event

Occurs before the document is saved (exported to a certain format).

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.RichEdit

#Declaration

public event BeforeExportEventHandler BeforeExport

#Event Data

The BeforeExport event's data class is BeforeExportEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property Description
CustomProperties Provides access to the document’s custom properties.
DocumentFormat Gets the format of the document being exported or saved.
Options Provides access to the exporter options.

#Remarks

You can check the Document.RequiredExportCapabilities to be sure that the chosen export format supports them.

The BeforeExport event enables you to adjust the export options as required.

For RTF format, you can specify the RtfDocumentExporterCompatibilityOptions.DuplicateObjectAsMetafile property. For the HTML format, set the location of external content (images, css files) via the IExporterOptions.TargetUri property and specify other HtmlDocumentExporterOptions.

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