WinForms Rich Text Editor API – How to Process Word Documents in Code

The WinForms Rich Text Editor Control allows you to deliver Microsoft Word-inspired functionality with ease. It includes comprehensive text formatting options, supports mail merge, and ships with a rich collection of end-user options you can use to create high-impact document processing solutions.

This example demonstrates how to use the Rich Text Editor to execute the following actions:

• Create, load, merge, split, save, and print documents
• Save a document in PDF and HTML formats
• Convert an HTML file to PDF and DOCX formats
• Format a document
• Manage document elements (paragraphs, lists, tables, shapes, pictures, headers, footers, notes, bookmarks, hyperlinks, and comments)
• Insert and modify fields
• Configure page layout settings
• Specify the built-in and custom document properties
• Protect and unprotect a document
• Create character, paragraph, and linked styles
• Import formatted text to a document
• Add, edit, and remove content controls
• Embed arbitrary XML data (custom XML parts) in a document
• Obtain and clear VBA macros

The application’s form contains the list of supported operations and editors that display the code and the result of these operations. A user can select an operation to view its code and result.

Files to Look At

• CodeExamples (VB: CodeExamples)

Documentation

• RichEditControl Document
• Fields in Rich Text Editor
• Rich Text Editor Examples

More Examples

• Rich Text Editor for WPF - API Examples
• Word Processing Document API – How to Process Word Documents in Code

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