Import/Export Plain Text (xamRichTextEditor)

Topic Overview

This topic explains how to import and export plain text data using the xamRichTextEditor ™ control.

The following topic is a prerequisite to understanding this topic:

Topic	Purpose
Serialization Providers Overview	This topic explains the xamRichTextEditor control’s serialization providers.

This topic contains the following sections:

The following table briefly explains the configurable aspects of the xamRichTextEditor control and maps them to their respective properties.

Configurable aspect	Details	Methods
Import Plain Text Content	Import plain text content from a stream.	LoadFromPlainText
Export Plain Text Content	Export plain text content to a stream.	SaveToPlainText

Note	Note There is also a GetTextInSpan method, which returns the full text of a specific document’s span. You can also specify different settings in the argument of type PlainTextFormatOptions.

Use the RichTextDocument’s LoadFromPlainText method to import plain text content in the xamRichTextEditor control from a stream.

The following table maps the desired configuration to its respective property settings.

In order to:	Use this method:	And provide the following arguments:
Import plain text content	`LoadFromPlainText`	The stream object containing the plain text format content Content loading options object of type PlainTextLoadOptions, which is not required

Use the SaveToPlainText method of the RichTextDocument to export xamRichTextEditor’s content to a stream in plain text format.

The following table maps the desired configuration to its respective property settings.

In order to:	Use this method:	And provide the following arguments:
Export content in plain text format	`SaveToPlainText`	The stream object into which the plain text content is uploading Content saving options object of type PlainTextSaveOptions, which is not required

Topic	Purpose
Import/Export RTF	This topic explains how to use the xamRichTextEditor control for importing and exporting RTF data.
Import/Export DOCX	This topic explains how to use the xamRichTextEditor control for importing and exporting DOCX formatted data.