How to Open a Default Document in ASP.NET MVC DOCX Editor
19 Aug 202617 minutes to read
This article explains how to open a default document when DocumentEditor and DocumentEditorContainer are initialized.
Opening a default document in DocumentEditor
Using the open method in Document Editor allows you to open the document in SFDT format. To open the document by default, call the open method in the created event of the Document Editor, which gets triggered once the control is created.
@Html.EJS().DocumentEditor("container").Created("onCreate").Render()
<script>
var container;
function onCreate() {
var documenteditorElement = document.getElementById("container");
container = documenteditorElement.ej2_instances[0];
var sfdt = { "sections": [{ "sectionFormat": { "pageWidth": 612, "pageHeight": 792, "leftMargin": 72, "rightMargin": 72, "topMargin": 72, "bottomMargin": 72, "differentFirstPage": false, "differentOddAndEvenPages": false, "headerDistance": 36, "footerDistance": 36, "bidi": false }, "blocks": [{ "paragraphFormat": { "afterSpacing": 30, "styleName": "Heading 1", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": {}, "inlines": [{ "characterFormat": {}, "text": "Adventure Works Cycles" }] }], "headersFooters": { "header": { "blocks": [{ "paragraphFormat": { "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": {}, "inlines": [] }] }, "footer": { "blocks": [{ "paragraphFormat": { "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": {}, "inlines": [] }] } } }], "characterFormat": { "bold": false, "italic": false, "fontSize": 11, "fontFamily": "Calibri", "underline": "None", "strikethrough": "None", "baselineAlignment": "Normal", "highlightColor": "NoColor", "fontColor": "empty", "fontSizeBidi": 11, "fontFamilyBidi": "Calibri", "allCaps": false }, "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 0, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "listFormat": {}, "bidi": false }, "defaultTabWidth": 36, "trackChanges": false, "enforcement": false, "hashValue": "", "saltValue": "", "formatting": false, "protectionType": "NoProtection", "dontUseHTMLParagraphAutoSpacing": false, "formFieldShading": true, "styles": [{ "name": "Normal", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "lineSpacing": 1.149999976158142, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri" }, "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Default Paragraph Font", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": {} }, { "name": "Heading 1 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 16, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 1", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "beforeSpacing": 12, "afterSpacing": 0, "outlineLevel": "Level1", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 16, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 1 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 2 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 13, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 2", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 6, "outlineLevel": "Level2", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 13, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 2 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 3", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "outlineLevel": "Level3", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 12, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#1F3763" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 3 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 3 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 12, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#1F3763" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 4", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "outlineLevel": "Level4", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "italic": true, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 4 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 4 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "italic": true, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 5", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "outlineLevel": "Level5", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 5 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 5 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 6", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "outlineLevel": "Level6", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#1F3763" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 6 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 6 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#1F3763" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }], "lists": [], "abstractLists": [], "comments": [], "revisions": [], "customXml": [] };
// open the default document.
container.open(JSON.stringify(sfdt));
}
</script>public ActionResult Default()
{
return View();
}Opening a default document in DocumentEditorContainer
To open the document by default, call the open method in the created event of the Document Editor container, which gets triggered once the control is created.
@Html.EJS().DocumentEditorContainer("container").Created("onCreate").EnableToolbar(true).Render()
<script>
var container;
function onCreate() {
var documenteditorElement = document.getElementById("container");
container = documenteditorElement.ej2_instances[0];
var sfdt = { "sections": [{ "sectionFormat": { "pageWidth": 612, "pageHeight": 792, "leftMargin": 72, "rightMargin": 72, "topMargin": 72, "bottomMargin": 72, "differentFirstPage": false, "differentOddAndEvenPages": false, "headerDistance": 36, "footerDistance": 36, "bidi": false }, "blocks": [{ "paragraphFormat": { "afterSpacing": 30, "styleName": "Heading 1", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": {}, "inlines": [{ "characterFormat": {}, "text": "Adventure Works Cycles" }] }], "headersFooters": { "header": { "blocks": [{ "paragraphFormat": { "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": {}, "inlines": [] }] }, "footer": { "blocks": [{ "paragraphFormat": { "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": {}, "inlines": [] }] } } }], "characterFormat": { "bold": false, "italic": false, "fontSize": 11, "fontFamily": "Calibri", "underline": "None", "strikethrough": "None", "baselineAlignment": "Normal", "highlightColor": "NoColor", "fontColor": "empty", "fontSizeBidi": 11, "fontFamilyBidi": "Calibri", "allCaps": false }, "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 0, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "listFormat": {}, "bidi": false }, "defaultTabWidth": 36, "trackChanges": false, "enforcement": false, "hashValue": "", "saltValue": "", "formatting": false, "protectionType": "NoProtection", "dontUseHTMLParagraphAutoSpacing": false, "formFieldShading": true, "styles": [{ "name": "Normal", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "lineSpacing": 1.149999976158142, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri" }, "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Default Paragraph Font", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": {} }, { "name": "Heading 1 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 16, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 1", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "beforeSpacing": 12, "afterSpacing": 0, "outlineLevel": "Level1", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 16, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 1 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 2 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 13, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 2", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 6, "outlineLevel": "Level2", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 13, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 2 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 3", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "outlineLevel": "Level3", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 12, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#1F3763" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 3 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 3 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontSize": 12, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#1F3763" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 4", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "outlineLevel": "Level4", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "italic": true, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 4 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 4 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "italic": true, "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 5", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "outlineLevel": "Level5", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 5 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 5 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#2F5496" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }, { "name": "Heading 6", "type": "Paragraph", "paragraphFormat": { "leftIndent": 0, "rightIndent": 0, "firstLineIndent": 0, "textAlignment": "Left", "beforeSpacing": 2, "afterSpacing": 0, "lineSpacing": 1.0791666507720947, "lineSpacingType": "Multiple", "outlineLevel": "Level6", "listFormat": {} }, "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#1F3763" }, "basedOn": "Normal", "link": "Heading 6 Char", "next": "Normal" }, { "name": "Heading 6 Char", "type": "Character", "characterFormat": { "fontFamily": "Calibri Light", "fontColor": "#1F3763" }, "basedOn": "Default Paragraph Font" }], "lists": [], "abstractLists": [], "comments": [], "revisions": [], "customXml": [] };
// open the default document.
container.documentEditor.open(JSON.stringify(sfdt));
}
</script>public ActionResult Default()
{
return View();
}