Using TxtFormatProvider
TxtFormatProvider allows you to import and export a RadFlowDocument to and from plain text format, preserving the document structure.
To use TxtFormatProvider, add references to the following packages:
Telerik.Windows.Documents.CoreTelerik.Windows.Documents.Flow
Import
To import a plain text document, use the Import() method of TxtFormatProvider.
Example 1 shows how to use TxtFormatProvider to import a document from a file.
Example 1: Import Document from a File
TxtFormatProvider provider = new TxtFormatProvider();
using (Stream input = File.OpenRead("Sample.txt"))
{
RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
}You can also import a document from a string:
Example 2: Import Document from a String
TxtFormatProvider provider = new TxtFormatProvider();
string input = File.ReadAllText("sample.txt");
RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));The resulting RadFlowDocument can be manipulated like any code-generated document.
Export
To export a document to plain text, use the Export() method of TxtFormatProvider.
Example 3 shows how to use TxtFormatProvider to export a RadFlowDocument to a file.
Example 3: Export a Document to a File
TxtFormatProvider provider = new TxtFormatProvider();
using (Stream output = File.OpenWrite("sample.txt"))
{
RadFlowDocument document = CreateRadFlowDocument();
provider.Export(document, output, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
}You can also export the document to a string and preserve it in a database.
Example 4: Export a Document to a String
TxtFormatProvider provider = new TxtFormatProvider();
RadFlowDocument document = CreateRadFlowDocument();
string output = provider.Export(document, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));