Close WordsProcessing Document?

[Debra]

I want to use a then close a RadFlowDocument. 

My current process (will post code):

Open existing RadFlowDocument (word document).

Use RadFlowDocumentEditor to ReplaceText

Save the RadFlowDocument (now edited) as a new RadFlowDocument.  (now it is open on my machine).

Serialize the saved document to send it as an e-mail attachment.

Open the initial RadFlowDocument again

Use RadFlowDocumentEditor to ReplaceText again with a different value

Now I can't serialize the RadFlowDocument because it is open on my machine.

I'm using C# and Blazor

 

Code Sample (This is mostly from https://github.com/telerik/document-processing-sdk/blob/master/WordsProcessing/GenerateDocument/DocumentGenerator.cs)

private RadFlowDocument _document;

protected void OnMySendCommand(GridCommandEventArgs args)

{

OpenFile(fileName);

RadFlowDocumentEditor editor = new RadFlowDocumentEditor(_document);

editor.ReplaceText("Invoice_Number", "T1234567", false, false);

Save("docx", newFileName);

byte[] output = File.ReadAllBytes(newFileName + ".docx");

InsertEmail("[e-mail]", "Test word file", "Test 1234567", output, "T1234567", true);

 

//Next invoice:

OpenFile(fileName);

editor = new RadFlowDocumentEditor(_document);

editor.ReplaceText("Invoice_Number", "T9999", false, false);

Save("docx", newFileName);

byte[] output2 = File.ReadAllBytes(newFileName + ".docx"); //Error now says:  The process cannot access the file 'E:\Workspace\Intranet\CPE\CPE\Pages\Classes\Invoices\InvoiceTemplate2.docx' because it is being used by another process.

//To Be Clear - it did replace the text and save it to my machine but now can't access the file because it is in use.  

//If necessary, I could save each file with a different file name.  But I would still want to close them programmatically.

}

 

Thanks for any help!

 

[Dimitar]

Hello Debra,

Can you share the code of the  OpenFile and Save methods as well? This will give me a better understanding of the exact scenario. 

In addition, you can directly save the file to a byte array instead of saving it to a file and then loading it again. Here is an example of this:  

DocxFormatProvider provider = new DocxFormatProvider();
byte[] bytes = provider.Export(document);

I am looking forward to your reply.

Regards,
Dimitar
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[Debra]

Dimitar - Actually that is perfect!  I don't actually want or need to save the file. I just thought I would have to but really I just want to read into the array so your code is perfect.  

 

This is my first time using the forums or contacting support.  Wow!  Great response.  Thank you so much.

[Dimitar]

Hello Debra,

I am glad that this solution works for you. 

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

Regards,
Dimitar
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