Word Counts with RadRichTextBox

[Dave]

Are there any methods or samples that demonstrate obtaining word counts from a RadDocument? 

Thanks,

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Dave,

You can use the GetStatisticsInfo method of RadDocument to obtain a DocumentStatisticsInfo object, which contains information about the following parameters as properties:

• int PagesCount
• int SectionsCount
• int WordsCount
• int CharactersCount
• int SpacesCount
• int ParagraphsCount
•  int LinesCount

You can see a sample use of the statistics in our online demo by choosing the "Show statistics" option from the view tab in the ribbon bar. The code of the demo is visible by checking the Source tab in the top-right corner. It is also included in the installation, under the "Demo" folder (located where your Binaries folder is).

Kind regards,
Iva
the Telerik team

[Jay]

Doesn't work. I have a document with 4759 characters but 61 spaces and 24 words. Yeah. Right. Total junk.

[Dimitar]

Hi Jay, 

I am sorry to hear about your experience with the control and that this functionality does not work. I want to investigate but without a document, I cannot do that. I would suggest creating a new post or a ticket and attaching a sample document there. This way we can see what is causing this and fix the issue. 

I want to apologize for the inconvenience this issue is causing you. 

Regards,

Dimitar

[John]

What happened to this method on the RadDocument API and the online demo?  I can't find either instance.  This method would prove very helpful for tracking the character count of a document.

Thanks,
John

[Iva Toteva]

Hello John,

The statistics option was indeed removed from the UI of the demos in the latest versions. However, you can easily add a button in the Ribbon UI and handle the click event like this:

private void Statistics_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    DocumentStatisticsInfo statisticsInfo = this.radRichTextBox.Document.GetStatisticsInfo();
    MessageBox.Show(statisticsInfo.ToString(), "Document Statistics", MessageBoxButton.OK);
}

You can also use the properties of the DocumentStatisticsInfo class to prepare a different string using the properties listed in my previous post.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Iva Toteva
Telerik