Class TextConverter

Provides the functionalities to convert the Word document as text file.

Inheritance

System.Object

TextConverter

Namespace: Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS

Assembly: Syncfusion.DocIO.Base.dll

Syntax

public class TextConverter : Object

Constructors

TextConverter()

Initializes a new instance of the TextConverter class.

Declaration

public TextConverter()

Methods

GetText(WordDocument)

Returns the text contents of the specified WordDocument as string.

Declaration

public string GetText(WordDocument document)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
WordDocument	document	The WordDocument instance.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	The string that represents the text contents of the Word document.

Examples

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Open a new Word document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    //Initialize a new instance of TextConverter class
    TextConverter converter = new TextConverter();
    //Get the text contents from the template document
    string text = converter.GetText(document);
    //Create new Word document
    WordDocument textDocument = new WordDocument();
    textDocument.EnsureMinimal();
    //Add the text to the newly created document
    textDocument.LastParagraph.AppendText(text);
    //Save and close the document.
    textDocument.Save("Sample.txt", FormatType.Txt);
    document.Close();
    textDocument.Close();
}

Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Open a new Word document
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    'Initialize a new instance of TextConverter class
    Dim converter As New TextConverter()
    'Get the text contents from the template document
    Dim text As String = converter.GetText(document)
    'Create new Word document
    Dim textDocument As New WordDocument()
    textDocument.EnsureMinimal()
    'Add the text to the newly created document
    textDocument.LastParagraph.AppendText(text)
    'Save and close the document.
    textDocument.Save("Sample.txt", FormatType.Txt)
    document.Close()
    textDocument.Close()
End Sub

Read(StreamReader, IWordDocument)

Reads the text file and convert it to the specified IWordDocument.

Declaration

public void Read(StreamReader reader, IWordDocument document)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.IO.StreamReader	reader	The System.IO.StreamReader instance to read the text file.
IWordDocument	document	The WordDocument instance to represent the text file.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to write the text file content to Word document.

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    FileStream fs = new FileStream("Result.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
    StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(fs);
    reader.BaseStream.Position = 0;
    //Create the new TextConverter
    TextConverter txtConverter = new TextConverter();
    //Write the text file to document
    txtConverter.Read(reader, document);
    reader.Dispose();
    fs.Dispose();
    //Save and close the Word document instance
    document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
    document.Close();
}

Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    Dim fs As New FileStream("Result.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
    Dim reader As New StreamReader(fs)
    reader.BaseStream.Position = 0
    'Create the new TextConverter
    Dim txtConverter As New TextConverter()
    'Write the text file to document
    txtConverter.Read(reader, document)
    reader.Dispose()
    fs.Dispose()
    'Save and close the Word document instance
    document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
    document.Close()
End Sub

Write(StreamWriter, IWordDocument)

Writes the specified IWordDocument text contents as text file(.txt format).

Declaration

public void Write(StreamWriter writer, IWordDocument document)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.IO.StreamWriter	writer	The System.IO.StreamWriter instance to write the text file.
IWordDocument	document	The WordDocument to be converted as text file.

WriteBody(ITextBody)

Writes the specified document ITextBody content to the text file.

Declaration

protected void WriteBody(ITextBody body)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ITextBody	body	The ITextBody instance content to write into text file.

WriteHFBody(WordDocument)

Writes the specified WordDocument header and footer body contents.

Declaration

protected void WriteHFBody(WordDocument document)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
WordDocument	document	The WordDocument instance.

WriteList(IWParagraph)

Writes the list to the text file.

Declaration

protected void WriteList(IWParagraph paragraph)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IWParagraph	paragraph	The IWParagraph instance to get the list format.

WriteNewLine()

Writes new line in the text file.

Declaration

protected void WriteNewLine()

WriteParagraph(ParagraphItemCollection, Boolean)

Writes the specified IWParagraph content to the text file.

Declaration

protected void WriteParagraph(ParagraphItemCollection paragraphItems, bool lastPara)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ParagraphItemCollection	paragraphItems
System.Boolean	lastPara	True if it is the last paragraph; otherwise, false.

WriteSectionEnd(IWSection, Boolean)

Writes the end of the section.

Declaration

protected void WriteSectionEnd(IWSection section, bool lastSection)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IWSection	section	The IWSection instance.
System.Boolean	lastSection	True if it is the last section; otherwise, false.

WriteTable(IWTable)

Writes the specified IWTable text content to the text file.

Declaration

protected void WriteTable(IWTable table)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IWTable	table	The IWTable instance to write into the text file.

WriteText(String)

Writes the text contents to the text file.

Declaration

protected void WriteText(string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text	The string that specifies the text to write into the text file.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to write the document content to text file.

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    FileStream fs = new FileStream("Result.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
    StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fs);
    //Create the new TextConverter
    TextConverter txtConverter = new TextConverter();
    //Write the document to text file
    txtConverter.Write(writer, document);
    writer.Flush();
    writer.Dispose();
    fs.Dispose();
    document.Close();
}

Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    Dim fs As New FileStream("Result.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite)
    Dim writer As New StreamWriter(fs)
    'Create the new TextConverter
    Dim txtConverter As New TextConverter()
    'Write the document to text file
    txtConverter.Write(writer, document)
    writer.Flush()
    writer.Dispose()
    fs.Dispose()
    document.Close()
End Sub