[Solved] Does it work in RadRickTextBox using XML+CSS

[walter]

Hi all,
        I want to use RadRichTextBox to handle an xml data, and display the style with using CSS, does it work? And I see that there is a RadDocument class handles all the input format, can I get the Attribute of the XML input at the RadDocument? Such as:
xml:
<header ID="01">Hello World</header>

Can I get the code "01" when using RadDocument?

[Ivailo Karamanolev]

Hi Walter,

Directly importing XML using RadRichTextBox is not possible due to the fact that XML describes neither content layout nor formatting. Of course, you can import the XML source as plain text and view the source XML in the editor. However, if this is done, there is no way to apply CSS formatting. The recommended way to handle such cases is either to generate a RadDocument from your source with the proper formatting using the API, or, if it's easier for you - generate XHTML+CSS from the XML and import that using HtmlFormatProvider.

Best wishes,
Ivailo
the Telerik team

[walter]

Hi sir,
        How can I get the comments from RadDocument those I have added to, and do you mean XHTML and CSS in one file and import to RadDocument?

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Walter,

Comments have a Body property that is of type RadDocument. On the other hand, the place in the document which is commented is marked with CommentRangeStart and CommentRangeEnd.
You can get all comments in the following way:

List<string> commentTexts = new List<string>();
TxtFormatProvider txtFormatProvider = new TxtFormatProvider();
foreach (var comment in this.editor.Document.EnumerateChildrenOfType<CommentRangeStart>())
{
    RadDocument currentCommentBody = ((CommentRangeEnd)comment.End).Comment.Body;
    commentTexts.Add(txtFormatProvider.Export(currentCommentBody));
}

As for the import question, yes, HtmlFormatProvider is able to import and export XHTML documents with CSS styles in the same file. You can preview the import and export in our online demos.

Best wishes,
Iva
the Telerik team