Using DocxFormatProvider

DocxFormatProvider makes it easy to import and export RadFlowDocument to/from docx format, preserving the entire document structure and formatting.

All you have to do in order to use DocxFormatProvider is add references to the assemblies listed below:

• Telerik.Windows.Documents.Core.dll
• Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.dll
  
• Telerik.Windows.Zip.dll

Import

In order to import a docx document, you need to use the Import() method of DocxFormatProvider.

The code in Example 1 shows how to use DocxFormatProvider to import a docx document from a file.

Example 1: Import document from a file

DocxFormatProvider provider = new DocxFormatProvider(); 
using (Stream input = File.OpenRead("Sample.docx")) 
{ 
    RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input); 
} 

And here is how you can import a document from byte array containing the docx document:

Example 2: Import document from a byte array

DocxFormatProvider provider = new DocxFormatProvider(); 
RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input); 

The resulting RadFlowDocument can be manipulated like any code-generated document.

Export

In order to export a document to docx, you need to use the Export() method of DocxFormatProvider.

Example 3 shows how to use DocxFormatProvider to export RadFlowDocument to a file.

Example 3: Export a document to a file

DocxFormatProvider provider = new DocxFormatProvider(); 
using (Stream output = File.OpenWrite("Sample.docx")) 
{ 
    RadFlowDocument document = CreateRadFlowDocument(); 
    provider.Export(document, output); 
} 

You can also export the document to a byte array and preserve it in a database.

Example 4: Export a document to a byte array

DocxFormatProvider provider = new DocxFormatProvider(); 
 
RadFlowDocument document = CreateRadFlowDocument(); 
byte[] output = provider.Export(document); 

The resulting documents can be opened in any application that supports docx documents.