RichEditControl.LoadDocument(Byte[], DocumentFormat) Method

SECURITY NOTE

Downloading documents passed into the LoadDocument method may create security issues. Review the following help topic and learn how to spot, analyze, and prohibit unwanted download requests:

Suppress Control Requests to Download Data from External URLs

Loads a document in the specified format from a byte array.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v23.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid, DevExpress.Win.RichEdit, DevExpress.Win.TreeMap

Declaration

C#

public bool LoadDocument(
    byte[] buffer,
    DocumentFormat format
)

VB.NET

Public Function LoadDocument(
    buffer As Byte(),
    format As DocumentFormat
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
buffer	Byte[]	A byte array that contains document data.
format	DocumentFormat	An enumeration member that specifies the format of the loaded document.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the document was successfully loaded; otherwise, false.

Remarks

You can use this LoadDocument method overload to load a document stored in an external database.

If a document has a different format than the format parameter specifies, the InvalidFormatException event fires.

Tip

Use the RichEditControl.DocumentLoaded event to determine when you can safely modify the document model. Handle the DocumentLayout.DocumentFormatted event to check document layout-related data and objects.