Office Module Overview

• Aug 01, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

The Office Module integrates the following DevExpress controls into an XAF application:

• WinForms Rich Text Editor with Mail Merge support
• ASP.NET Rich Text Editor with Mail Merge support
• WinForms Spreadsheet

Important

In XAF, the ASP.NET Rich Text Editor and WinForms Spreadsheet support is currently in the Beta stage.

Tip

You can see a demonstration of the Office Module in the Property Editors and Reports sections of the Feature Center demo installed in the %PUBLIC%\Documents\DevExpress Demos 19.1\Components\eXpressApp Framework\FeatureCenter folder.

Office Module Capabilities

Rich Text Editor

The Office Module provides two platform-specific Property Editors:

• the RichTextPropertyEditor, which uses the RichEditControl in WinForms applications
• the ASPxRichTextPropertyEditor (Beta), which uses the ASPxRichEdit in ASP.NET applications

These editors allow end-users to edit rich text documents stored in different formats.

The RichTextPropertyEditor in a WinForms application

The ASPxRichTextPropertyEditor in an ASP.NET application

You can also create Mail Merge templates to generate documents based on data from your application database.

A Mail Merge template in a WinForms application

A Mail Merge template in an ASP.NET application

Spreadsheet Editor

The Office Module provides the SpreadsheetPropertyEditor (Beta), which uses the SpreadsheetControl to edit spreadsheet documents.

Office Module Components

The Office Module consists of the following components:

• OfficeModule - the platform-agnostic module. Use the Module Designer to add this module to your project.
• OfficeWindowsFormsModule - the WinForms-specific module. Use the Application Designer to add this module to your WinForms application.
• OfficeAspNetModule - the ASP.NET-specific module. Use the Application Designer to add this module to your ASP.NET application.

Note

• You can add modules to your application when you create a new XAF solution using the Solution Wizard. To do this, select modules in the Choose Extra Modules step.

• To add an extra module in code, add it to the XafApplication.Modules or ModuleBase.RequiredModuleTypes list (adding a reference to the module assembly is insufficient).

Application Model Extensions

The Office Module extends the Application Model with the following properties:

Module	Extended node	Property
OfficeModule	IModelMember	DocumentStorageFormat
	IModelMember	EnableFormulaBar
OfficeWindowsFormsModule	IModelPropertyEditor	MenuManagerType
	IModelColumn	CustomHeight
OfficeAspNetModule	IModelPropertyEditor	Height
	IModelPropertyEditor	MenuManagerType