Is the radchat able to be saved?

[Willy]

I am using the winforms version. Is it possible to save the chat easily? I would like to save it to sql server. I tried to serialize the radChat but it says it's not marked as serializable and I don't see any sort of save method. I am guessing I need to create a helper that can store all the messages and serialize that? I do not see any examples on how to enumerate each message? Just a little direction if anybody knows. 

 

Thanks!

[JeffSM]

Hello Bill!

Would be nice if we had radChat.Save() and .Restore().

Best,

Jefferson

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello, Bill,

Currently, RadChat doesn't provide default functionality for storing its messages into an external file and loading these messages later.

However, I believe that such behavior can be easily achieved. You can iterate the ChatElement.MessagesViewElement.Items collection in order to traverse all messages that are currently available in the chat. Then, store the necessary information into an external file in the appropriate format for your scenario. Then, you can read the external file and considering the information you stored, use the AddMessage method that RadChat offers to load the desired messages. Additional information how to add messages and what are the different message types is available here: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/chat/chat-items/messages   

I hope this information helps. If you need any further assistance please don't hesitate to contact me. 

Regards,
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal
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[Willy]

Consider this a feature request then! :) 

[Willy]

I figured it out thank you!

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hi, Bill,

Thank you for the provided feedback. If other customers have similar requests, we will consider it in the future improvement of the RadChat control.

I am glad that the second question is now resolved. I would recommend you to have a look at the RadChat's elements structure and get familiar with the internal hierarchy:

https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/chat/structure