RichEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable Event

Fires when the DOCVARIABLE field is updated.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.RichEdit

Declaration

C#

public event CalculateDocumentVariableEventHandler CalculateDocumentVariable

VB.NET

Public Event CalculateDocumentVariable As CalculateDocumentVariableEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
Arguments	Provides access to a collection of arguments within the DOCVARIABLE field.
FieldLocked	Gets or sets a locked attribute to the field for which the event occurs.
Handled	Gets or sets whether the default action is required.
KeepLastParagraph	Gets or sets whether the last paragraph of the inserted document is kept in the resulting document.
PreserveInsertedContentFormatting	Gets or sets whether to insert an additional hidden paragraph so that the inserted content is not formatted with the DOCVARIABLE field’s paragraph formatting.
Value	Gets or sets the value of the DOCVARIABLE field that fired the event.
VariableName	Gets the name of the document variable to which the DOCVARIABLE field refers.

Remarks

The CalculateDocumentVariable event fires when one of the following operations with a DOCVARIABLE field occurs:

• The field is updated after the Field.Update method call
• The field is updated after the FieldCollection.Update method call
• The field is updated after a UI command execution
• During the mail merge on the RichEditControl.MailMerge method call.

Handle this event to analyze DOCVARIABLE field switches and arguments, and specify custom content to insert into this field.

Assign a DocVariableValue.Current value to the CalculateDocumentVariableEventArgs.Value property and set e.Handled to true to retain the existing DOCVARIABLE value.

Locked DOCVARIABLE Fields

You can specify the DXRichEditFieldOptions.UpdateLockedFields property to raise the event for locked DOCVARIABLE fields.

Use the CalculateDocumentVariableEventArgs.FieldLocked property to lock/unlock the field in the CalculateDocumentVariable handler. Set e.Handled to true to apply changes.

Nested DOCVARIABLE Fields

If you use the RichEditControl.MailMerge method to evaluate nested DOCVARIABLE fields, set the DXRichEditMailMergeOptions.ViewMergedData option to true. Otherwise, you get field placeholders instead of values in the CalculateDocumentVariable handler.

Check the field’s CalculateDocumentVariableEventArgs.Arguments value to retrieve a nested field value. When the CalculateDocumentVariable event is fired for the first time, e.Arguments contains the <<FieldName_1>> (the placeholder for the field), because the merge field has not yet been calculated. In this case, do nothing in the event handler (use comparison and return statements if required).

Note

If you use the MailMerge method overload with a document parameter, handle the CalculateDocumentVariable event of a SubDocument passed as a parameter instead of the RichEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable event.

Examples

How to: Handle the CalculateDocumentVariable Event to Insert Formatted String

This code snippet demonstrates how to handle the RichEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable event to insert dynamic content into the document. In this example, it is used to get weather report or geo coordinates from Google web service. A variable name specified in the DOCVARIABLE field indicates a choice between location and weather, while the location itself is specified by the field argument.

View Example

MainWindow.xaml.cs

void eventHandler_CalculateDocumentVariable(object sender, CalculateDocumentVariableEventArgs e) {
    string location = e.Arguments[0].Value.ToString();

    Console.WriteLine(e.VariableName + " " + location);

    if ((location.Trim() == String.Empty) || (location.Contains("<"))) {
        e.Value = " ";
        e.Handled = true;
        return;
    }

    switch (e.VariableName) {
        //case "Weather":
        //    Conditions conditions = new Conditions();
        //    conditions = Weather.GetCurrentConditions(location);
        //    e.Value = String.Format("Forecast for {0}: \nConditions: {1}\nTemperature (C) :{2}\nHumidity: {3}\nWind: {4}\n",
        //        conditions.City, conditions.Condition, conditions.TempC, conditions.Humidity, conditions.Wind);
        //    break;
        case "Location":
            GeoLocation[] loc = GeoLocation.GeocodeAddress(location);
            e.Value = String.Format(" {0}\nLatitude: {1}\nLongitude: {2}\n",
                loc[0].Address, loc[0].Latitude.ToString(), loc[0].Longitude.ToString());
            break;
    }
    e.Handled = true;
}

MainWindow.xaml.vb

Private Sub eventHandler_CalculateDocumentVariable(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CalculateDocumentVariableEventArgs)
    Dim location As String = e.Arguments(0).Value.ToString()

    Console.WriteLine(e.VariableName & " " & location)

    If (location.Trim() = String.Empty) OrElse (location.Contains("<")) Then
        e.Value = " "
        e.Handled = True
        Return
    End If

    Select Case e.VariableName
        'case "Weather":
        '    Conditions conditions = new Conditions();
        '    conditions = Weather.GetCurrentConditions(location);
        '    e.Value = String.Format("Forecast for {0}: \nConditions: {1}\nTemperature (C) :{2}\nHumidity: {3}\nWind: {4}\n",
        '        conditions.City, conditions.Condition, conditions.TempC, conditions.Humidity, conditions.Wind);
        '    break;
        Case "Location"
            Dim loc() As GeoLocation = GeoLocation.GeocodeAddress(location)
            e.Value = String.Format(" {0}" & Constants.vbLf & "Latitude: {1}" & Constants.vbLf & "Longitude: {2}" & Constants.vbLf, loc(0).Address, loc(0).Latitude.ToString(), loc(0).Longitude.ToString())
    End Select
    e.Handled = True
End Sub

How to: Handle the Event to Insert a Document Element

The code sample below shows how to handle the RichEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable event to insert a barcode and a table:

C#

using DevExpress.BarCodes;
using DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
//...

richEditControl.CreateNewDocument();
Document document = richEditControl.Document;

// Create fields for a barcode and a table:
document.Fields.Create(document.Range.End, "DOCVARIABLE QRCODE");
document.Paragraphs.Append();
document.Fields.Create(document.Range.End, "DOCVARIABLE TABLE");

richEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable += RichEditControl_CalculateDocumentVariable;
richEditControl.BeforeExport += RichEditControl_BeforeExport;

// Update all document fields:
document.UpdateAllFields();

// Save the result:
richEditControl.SaveDocument("result.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

private void RichEditControl_BeforeExport(object sender, BeforeExportEventArgs e)
{
    richEditControl.Document.UnlinkAllFields();
}

void RichEditControl_CalculateDocumentVariable(object sender, CalculateDocumentVariableEventArgs e)
{
    switch (e.VariableName)
    {
        case "QRCODE":
            // Create new RichEditDocumentServer instance:
            var doc = new RichEditDocumentServer();

            // Insert a barcode as a shape
            Shape picture = doc.Document.Shapes.InsertPicture(doc.Document.Range.End, GenerateQrCode());
            picture.TextWrapping = TextWrappingType.InLineWithText;

            // Set the field value to the RichEditDocumentServer instance:
            e.Value = doc;
            e.Handled = true;
            break;
        case "TABLE":
            // Create new RichEditDocumentServer instance:
            var doc1 = new RichEditDocumentServer();

            // Insert a table:
            GenerateTable(doc1.Document);

            // Set the field value to the RichEditDocumentServer instance:
            e.Value = doc1;
            e.Handled = true;
            break;
    }
}

// This method generates a barcode:
Bitmap GenerateQrCode()
{
    BarCode barCode = new BarCode();
    barCode.Symbology = Symbology.QRCode;
    barCode.CodeText = "https://www.devexpress.com/";
    barCode.BackColor = Color.White;
    barCode.ForeColor = Color.Black;
    barCode.RotationAngle = 0;
    barCode.CodeBinaryData = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(barCode.CodeText);
    barCode.Options.QRCode.CompactionMode = QRCodeCompactionMode.Byte;
    barCode.Options.QRCode.ErrorLevel = QRCodeErrorLevel.Q;
    barCode.Options.QRCode.ShowCodeText = false;
    barCode.DpiX = 72;
    barCode.DpiY = 72;
    barCode.Module = 2f;

    return barCode.BarCodeImage;
}

// This method generates a table:
Table GenerateTable(Document document)
{
    Table table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 3);

    document.InsertSingleLineText(table.Rows[0].Cells[1].Range.Start, "Active Customers");
    document.InsertSingleLineText(table[1, 0].Range.Start, "Photo");
    document.InsertSingleLineText(table[1, 1].Range.Start, "Customer Info");
    document.InsertSingleLineText(table[1, 2].Range.Start, "Rentals");

    return table;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.BarCodes
Imports DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text
'...

richEditControl.CreateNewDocument()
Dim document As Document = richEditControl.Document

' Create fields for a barcode and a table:
document.Fields.Create(document.Range.End, "DOCVARIABLE QRCODE")
document.Paragraphs.Append()
document.Fields.Create(document.Range.End, "DOCVARIABLE TABLE")

AddHandler richEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable, AddressOf RichEditControl_CalculateDocumentVariable
AddHandler richEditControl.BeforeExport, AddressOf RichEditControl_BeforeExport

' Update all document fields:
document.UpdateAllFields()

' Save the result:
richEditControl.SaveDocument("result.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)

Private Sub RichEditControl_BeforeExport(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As BeforeExportEventArgs)
    richEditControl.Document.UnlinkAllFields()
End Sub

Private Sub RichEditControl_CalculateDocumentVariable(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CalculateDocumentVariableEventArgs)
    Select Case e.VariableName
        Case "QRCODE"
            ' Create new RichEditDocumentServer instance:
            Dim doc = New RichEditDocumentServer()

            ' Insert a barcode as a shape
            Dim picture As Shape = doc.Document.Shapes.InsertPicture(doc.Document.Range.End, GenerateQrCode())
            picture.TextWrapping = TextWrappingType.InLineWithText

            ' Set the field value to the RichEditDocumentServer instance:
            e.Value = doc
            e.Handled = True
        Case "TABLE"
            ' Create new RichEditDocumentServer instance:
            Dim doc1 = New RichEditDocumentServer()

            ' Insert a table:
            GenerateTable(doc1.Document)

            ' Set the field value to the RichEditDocumentServer instance:
            e.Value = doc1
            e.Handled = True
    End Select
End Sub

' This method generates a barcode:
Private Function GenerateQrCode() As Bitmap
    Dim barCode As New BarCode()
    barCode.Symbology = Symbology.QRCode
    barCode.CodeText = "https://www.devexpress.com/"
    barCode.BackColor = Color.White
    barCode.ForeColor = Color.Black
    barCode.RotationAngle = 0
    barCode.CodeBinaryData = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(barCode.CodeText)
    barCode.Options.QRCode.CompactionMode = QRCodeCompactionMode.Byte
    barCode.Options.QRCode.ErrorLevel = QRCodeErrorLevel.Q
    barCode.Options.QRCode.ShowCodeText = False
    barCode.DpiX = 72
    barCode.DpiY = 72
    barCode.Module = 2F

    Return barCode.BarCodeImage
End Function

' This method generates a table:
Private Function GenerateTable(ByVal document As Document) As Table
    Dim table As Table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 3)

    document.InsertSingleLineText(table.Rows(0).Cells(1).Range.Start, "Active Customers")
    document.InsertSingleLineText(table(1, 0).Range.Start, "Photo")
    document.InsertSingleLineText(table(1, 1).Range.Start, "Customer Info")
    document.InsertSingleLineText(table(1, 2).Range.Start, "Rentals")

    Return table
End Function

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-richedit-embed-a-live-chart-into-a-document/CS/RichEdit_InsertChart/MainWindow.xaml#L43

    </dxr:RibbonControl>
    <dxre:RichEditControl Name="richEditControl1" BarManager="{Binding ElementName=barManager1, Mode=OneTime}" Ribbon="{Binding ElementName=ribbonControl1, Mode=OneTime}" CalculateDocumentVariable="richEditControl1_CalculateDocumentVariable" />
</DockPanel>