Using TxtFormatProvider

TxtFormatProvider makes it easy to import and export RadFlowDocument to/from plain text format, preserving the document structure.

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

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

Import

In order to import a plain text document, you need to 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    //RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input); //This method is obsolete since Q4 2024. 
 
    RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)); 
} 

And here is how you can import a document from string:

Example 2: Import document from a string

TxtFormatProvider provider = new TxtFormatProvider(); 
 
//RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input); //This method is obsolete since Q4 2024. 
 
RadFlowDocument document = provider.Import(input, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)); 

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

Export

In order to export a document to plain text, you need to use the Export() method of TxtFormatProvider.

Example 3 shows how to use TxtFormatProvider to export 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    //provider.Export(document, output); //This method is obsolete since Q4 2024. 
 
    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//string output = provider.Export(document); //This method is obsolete since Q4 2024. 
 
string output = provider.Export(document, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));