PdfViewer.SaveDocument(Stream) Method

Saves the current PDF to the specified stream.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool SaveDocument(
    Stream stream
)

VB.NET

Public Function SaveDocument(
    stream As Stream
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	Stream	A System.IO.Stream, specifying the document address.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true, if the document is saved successfully; false, if the document saving operation is cancelled by the user.

Remarks

If the PdfViewer.DetachStreamAfterLoadComplete property is set to false (default mode), the input stream should not be closed until a document is opened.

If you want to close the stream when a document is opened, set the PdfViewer.DetachStreamAfterLoadComplete property to true.

The following example illustrates how to load a document into the PDF Viewer from a stream at runtime.

To accomplish this task: create a FileStream object with the specified file path to open the existing file, and call one of the PdfViewer.LoadDocument overloaded method with this stream object passed as a parameter.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-load-a-pdf-document-from-a-stream-t270045

Form1.cs

using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace LoadDocumentFromStream {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Load a document from the stream.
            FileStream stream = new FileStream("..\\..\\Demo.pdf", FileMode.Open);
            pdfViewer1.LoadDocument(stream);
        }
    }
}

Form1.vb

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace LoadDocumentFromStream
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()

            ' Load a document from the stream.
            Dim stream As New FileStream("..\..\Demo.pdf", FileMode.Open)
            pdfViewer1.LoadDocument(stream)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace