Export in Angular Document editor component

13 May 202416 minutes to read

Document Editor exports the document into various known file formats in client-side such as Microsoft Word document (.docx), text document (.txt), and its own format called Syncfusion Document Text (.sfdt).

We are providing two types of save APIs as mentioned below.

API name	Purpose
save(filename,FormatType):void FormatType: Sfdt or Docx or Txt	Creates the document with specified file name and format type. Then, the created file is downloaded in the client browser by default.
saveAsBlob(FormatType):Blob	Creates the document in specified format type and returns the created document as Blob. This blob can be uploaded to your required server, database, or file path.

SFDT export

The following example shows how to export documents in document editor as Syncfusion document text (.sfdt).

app.component.ts
main.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { DocumentEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor'



import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
    DocumentEditorComponent, EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, EditorHistoryService, BookmarkDialogService
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        ButtonModule,
        DocumentEditorAllModule
    ],


standalone: true,
      selector: 'app-container',
      //specifies the template string for the Document Editor Container component
      template: `<div style="width:100%;"><button ejs-button (click)="saveAsSfdt()" >Save</button>
      <ejs-documenteditor #document_editor  id="container" height="330px" style="display:block" [isReadOnly]=false [enableEditor]=true [enableSfdtExport]=true> </ejs-documenteditor></div>`,
      encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
      providers: [EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService]
})

export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild('document_editor')
    public documentEditor?: DocumentEditorComponent;

    public saveAsSfdt(): void {
        //Download the document as SFDT.
        (this.documentEditor as DocumentEditorComponent).save('sample', 'Sfdt');
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Word export

The following example shows how to export the document as Word document (.docx).

Note: The Syncfusion Document Editor component’s document pagination (page-by-page display) can’t be guaranteed for all the Word documents to match the pagination of Microsoft Word application. For more information about why the document pagination (page-by-page display) differs from Microsoft Word

app.component.ts
main.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { DocumentEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor'



import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
    DocumentEditorComponent, EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, WordExportService
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        ButtonModule,
        DocumentEditorAllModule
    ],


standalone: true,
      selector: 'app-container',
      //specifies the template string for the Document Editor component
      template: `<div style="width:100%"><button ejs-button (click)="saveAsDocx()" >Save</button>
      <ejs-documenteditor #document_editor  id="container" height="330px" style="display:block" [isReadOnly]=false [enableEditor]=true [enableWordExport]=true> </ejs-documenteditor></div>`,
      encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
      providers: [EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, WordExportService]
})
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild('document_editor')
    public documentEditor?: DocumentEditorComponent;

    public saveAsDocx(): void {
        //Export the document in docx format.
        (this.documentEditor as DocumentEditorComponent).save('sample', 'Docx');
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Template export

The following example shows how to export the document as Word Template (.dotx).

Note: The Syncfusion Document Editor component’s document pagination (page-by-page display) can’t be guaranteed for all the Word documents to match the pagination of Microsoft Word application. For more information about [why the document pagination (page-by-page display) differs from Microsoft Word] (../document-editor/import/#why-the-document-pagination-differs-from-microsoft-word)

app.component.ts
main.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { DocumentEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor'



import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
    DocumentEditorComponent, EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, WordExportService
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        ButtonModule,
        DocumentEditorAllModule
    ],


standalone: true,
      selector: 'app-container',
      //specifies the template string for the Document Editor component
      template: `<div style="width:100%"><button ejs-button (click)="saveAsDotx()" >Save</button>
      <ejs-documenteditor #document_editor  id="container" height="330px" style="display:block" [isReadOnly]=false [enableEditor]=true [enableWordExport]=true> </ejs-documenteditor></div>`,
      encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
      providers: [EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, WordExportService]
})
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild('document_editor')
    public documentEditor?: DocumentEditorComponent;

    public saveAsDotx(): void {
        //Export the document in docx format.
        (this.documentEditor as DocumentEditorComponent).save('sample', 'Dotx');
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Text export

The following example shows how to export document as text document (.txt).

app.component.ts
main.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ButtonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons'
import { DocumentEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor'



import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
    DocumentEditorComponent, EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, TextExportService
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        ButtonModule,
        DocumentEditorAllModule
    ],


standalone: true,
      selector: 'app-container',
      //specifies the template string for the Document Editor component
      template: `<div style="width:100%;"><button ejs-button (click)="saveAsTxt()" >Save</button>
      <ejs-documenteditor #document_editor  id="container" height="330px" style="display:block" [isReadOnly]=false [enableEditor]=true [enableTextExport]=true> </ejs-documenteditor></div>`,
      encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
      providers: [EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, TextExportService]
})

export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild('document_editor')
    public documentEditor?: DocumentEditorComponent;

    public saveAsTxt(): void {
        //Downlod the document as txt file.
        (this.documentEditor as DocumentEditorComponent).save('sample', 'Txt');
    }

}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Export as blob

Document Editor also supports API to store the document into a blob. Refer to the following sample to export document into blob in client-side.

import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
    DocumentEditorComponent, EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, WordExportService
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';

@Component({
      selector: 'app-container',
      //specifies the template string for the Document Editor component
      template: `<div><button ejs-button (click)="saveAsBlob()" >Save</button>
      <ejs-documenteditor #document_editor  id="container" height="330px" style="display:block" [isReadOnly]=false [enableEditor]=true [enableWordExport]=true [enableSfdtExport]=true> </ejs-documenteditor></div>`,
      encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
      providers: [EditorService, SelectionService, SfdtExportService, TextExportService]
})

export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild('document_editor')
    public documentEditor: DocumentEditorComponent;

    public saveAsBlob(): void {
        //Export the document as Blob object.
        this.documentEditor.saveAsBlob('Docx').then((exportedDocument: Blob) => {
            // The blob can be processed further
        });
    }
}

For instance, to export the document as Rich Text Format file, implement an ASP.NET MVC web API controller using DocIO library by passing the DOCX blob. Refer to the following code example.

  //API controller for the conversion.
  [HttpPost]
  public HttpResponseMessage ExportAsRtf()
  {
        System.Web.HttpPostedFile data = HttpContext.Current.Request.Files[0];
        //Opens document stream
        WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(data.InputStream);
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
        //Converts document stream as RTF
        wordDocument.Save(stream, FormatType.Rtf);
        wordDocument.Close();
        stream.Position = 0;
        return new HttpResponseMessage() { Content = new StreamContent(stream) };
  }

In client-side, you can consume this web service and save the document as Rich Text Format (.rtf) file. Refer to the following example.

public saveAsBlob() :void {
    this.documentEditor.saveAsBlob('Docx').then((exportedDocument: Blob) => {
          // The blob can be processed further
          let formData: FormData = new FormData();
          formData.append('fileName', 'sample.docx');
          formData.append('data', exportedDocument);
          saveAsRtf(formData);
    });
}

function saveAsRtf(formData: FormData): void {
    let httpRequest: XMLHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
    httpRequest.open('POST', '/api/DocumentEditor/ExportAsRtf', true);
    httpRequest.onreadystatechange = () => {
        if (httpRequest.readyState === 4) {
            if (httpRequest.status === 200 || httpRequest.status === 304) {
                if (!(!navigator.msSaveBlob)) {
                    navigator.msSaveBlob(httpRequest.response, 'sample.rtf');
                } else {
                    let downloadLink: HTMLAnchorElement = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', 'a') as HTMLAnchorElement;
                    download('sample.rtf', 'rtf', httpRequest.response, downloadLink, 'download' in downloadLink);
                }
            } else {
                console.error(httpRequest.response);
            }
        }
    }
    httpRequest.responseType = 'blob';
    httpRequest.send(formData);
}

function download(fileName: string, extension: string, buffer: Blob, downloadLink: HTMLAnchorElement, hasDownloadAttribute: Boolean): void {
    if (hasDownloadAttribute) {
        downloadLink.download = fileName;
        let dataUrl: string = window.URL.createObjectURL(buffer);
        downloadLink.href = dataUrl;
        let event: MouseEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvent');
        event.initEvent('click', true, true);
        downloadLink.dispatchEvent(event);
        setTimeout((): void => {
            window.URL.revokeObjectURL(dataUrl);
            dataUrl = undefined;
        });
    } else {
        if (extension !== 'docx' && extension !== 'xlsx') {
            let url: string = window.URL.createObjectURL(buffer);
            let isPopupBlocked: Window = window.open(url, '_blank');
            if (!isPopupBlocked) {
                window.location.href = url;
            }
        }
    }
}