RichEditControl.LoadDocument(Stream) Method

Loads a document from the stream.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual bool LoadDocument(
    Stream stream
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function LoadDocument(
    stream As Stream
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	Stream	A Stream object that is the stream used to load a document.

Returns

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

Remarks

The source stream can be non-seekable. In this case, the stream is buffered automatically. After loading the document, the stream remains open.

The format of the document loaded from a stream is detected automatically by the built-in IFormatDetectorService service implementation. The following formats are detected:

• DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTM, HTML, MHT, XML, EPUB;
• ODT - non-encrypted files only.

Plain text cannot be detected automatically. To load a plain text document, use another method override with the document format DocumentFormat.PlainText as a parameter.

If the format detection fails or the passed stream is null, the RichEditControl.InvalidFormatException event fires.

Determine a moment when the document model can be safely modified using the RichEditControl.DocumentLoaded event. Handle the DocumentLayout.DocumentFormatted event to check the loaded document’s layout.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-load-a-document-into-the-richedit-control-e1222

Form1.cs

using (Stream stream = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("LoadDocumentExample.TextWithImagesODT"))
{
    richEditControl1.LoadDocument(stream);
}

Form1.vb

Using stream As Stream = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("LoadDocumentExample.TextWithImagesODT")
    richEditControl1.LoadDocument(stream)
End Using

Tip

Use LoadDocument method overloads which explicit format definition to improve performance.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-load-a-document-into-the-richedit-control-e1222/CS/LoadDocumentExample/Form1.cs#L30

{
    richEditControl1.LoadDocument(stream);
}

VB.NET

how-to-load-a-document-into-the-richedit-control-e1222/VB/LoadDocumentExample/Form1.vb#L26

Using stream As Stream = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("LoadDocumentExample.TextWithImagesODT")
    richEditControl1.LoadDocument(stream)
End Using