XRRichText.LoadFile(String, XRRichTextStreamType) Method

SECURITY NOTE

Do not load files obtained from untrusted sources. Such files may pose a security risk. Please review the following article for additional information: Suppress Control Requests to Download Data from External URLs

Loads a file into the XRRichText control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public void LoadFile(
    string path,
    XRRichTextStreamType streamType
)

VB.NET

Public Sub LoadFile(
    path As String,
    streamType As XRRichTextStreamType
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	String	A String that is a path to the file.
streamType	XRRichTextStreamType	An XRRichTextStreamType enumeration value that determines the type of stream used to load the file into the XRRichText control.

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.

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();

// Calculate its height automatically,
// and make the borders visible.
xrRichText1.CanGrow = true;
xrRichText1.CanShrink = true;
xrRichText1.Borders = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BorderSide.All;

// Load the control content from a file.
xrRichText1.LoadFile("input.docx", XRRichTextStreamType.XmlText);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

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