XRRichText.LoadFile(String) Method

Loads the contents of the specified file, and recognizes the file format automatically.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public void LoadFile(
    string path
)

VB.NET

Public Sub LoadFile(
    path As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	String	A String that is a path to the file.

Remarks

The LoadFile method automatically recognizes file formats with the following file extensions:

• .htm
• .html
• .rtf
• .txt
• .docx

The contents of the control are replaced with the newly loaded data.

Note

To load the contents of a file as plain text, call the LoadFile method with the XRRichTextStreamType.PlainText parameter.

The following code snippet creates the XRRichText object in code and loads its content from a file:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...

// Create an XRRichText object.
XRRichText xrRichText1 = new XRRichText();

// Set its height to be calculated automatically,
// and make its borders visible.
xrRichText1.CanGrow = true;
xrRichText1.CanShrink = true;
xrRichText1.Borders = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BorderSide.All;

// Load the control content from a file.
xrRichText1.LoadFile("input.rtf");

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

' Create an XRRichText object.
Dim xrRichText1 As XRRichText = New XRRichText
' Set its height to be calculated automatically,
' and make its borders visible.
xrRichText1.CanGrow = true
xrRichText1.CanShrink = true
xrRichText1.Borders = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BorderSide.All
' Load the control content from a file.
xrRichText1.LoadFile("input.rtf")