RichEditControl.BeforeImport Event

Occurs before a document is loaded (imported from an external source).

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public event BeforeImportEventHandler BeforeImport

VB.NET

Public Event BeforeImport As BeforeImportEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
DocumentFormat	Gets the format of the document being loaded.
Options	Provides access to the importer options.

Remarks

The BeforeImport event enables you to adjust the importer options as required.

Note

A complete code sample project is available at Import from HTML - How to specify encoding and external content location.

The following example illustrates how to use the BeforeImport event to specify the location of the loaded HTML file’s external content:

C#

private void richEditControl2_BeforeImport(object sender, BeforeImportEventArgs e) {
    if(e.DocumentFormat == DocumentFormat.PlainText) {
        ((PlainTextDocumentImporterOptions)e.Options).Encoding = cur_Encoding;
    }
}

VB.NET

Private Sub richEditControl2_BeforeImport(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As BeforeImportEventArgs) Handles richEditControl2.BeforeImport
    If e.DocumentFormat = DocumentFormat.PlainText Then
        CType(e.Options, PlainTextDocumentImporterOptions).Encoding = cur_Encoding
    End If
End Sub