Import in Document Editor Component

17 Jan 202413 minutes to read

In Document Editor, the documents are stored in its own format called Syncfusion Document Text (SFDT).

<ejs-documenteditor id="container"></ejs-documenteditor>

<script>
    var documenteditor;    
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {        
        documenteditor = documenteditorElement.ej2_instances[0];
        documenteditor.resize();
        var sfdt = {
            "sections": [
                {
                    "blocks": [
                        {
                            "inlines": [
                                {
                                    "characterFormat": {
                                        "bold": true,
                                        "italic": true
                                    },
                                    "text": "Hello World"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ],
                    "headersFooters": {
                    }
                }
            ]
        };

        documenteditor.open(JSON.stringify(sfdt));
    }); 
</script>
public ActionResult Default()
{
    return View();
}

Import document from local machine

<input type="file" id="file_upload" accept=".sfdt" style="position:fixed; left:-100em" /> 
<ejs-button id="import">Import</ejs-button>
<div id="documenteditor" style="width:100%;height:100%">
    <ejs-documenteditor id="container"></ejs-documenteditor>
</div>

<script>
    var documenteditor;
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
        var documenteditorElement = document.getElementById("container");        
        documenteditor = documenteditorElement.ej2_instances[0];
        documenteditor.resize();
        document.getElementById("import").addEventListener("click", function () {
            document.getElementById('file_upload').click();
        });

        document.getElementById('file_upload').addEventListener("change", function (e) {
            if (e.target.files[0]) {
                var file = e.target.files[0];
                if (file.name.substr(file.name.lastIndexOf('.')) === '.sfdt') {
                    var fileReader = new FileReader();
                    fileReader.onload = function (e) {
                        var contents = e.target.result;
                        documenteditor.open(contents);
                    };
                    fileReader.readAsText(file);
                    documenteditor.documentName = file.name.substr(0, file.name.lastIndexOf('.'));
                }
            }
        });
    }); 
</script>
public ActionResult Default()
{
    return View();
}

Convert word documents into SFDT

You can convert word documents into SFDT format using the .NET Standard library Syncfusion.EJ2.WordEditor.AspNet.Core by the web API service implementation. This library helps to convert word documents (.dotx,.docx,.docm,.dot,.doc), rich text format documents (.rtf), and text documents (.txt) into SFDT format.

<input type="file" id="file_upload" accept=".sfdt" style="position:fixed; left:-100em" /> 
<ejs-button id="import">Import</ejs-button>
<div id="documenteditor" style="width:100%;height:100%">
    <ejs-documenteditor id="container"></ejs-documenteditor>
</div>

<script>
    var documenteditor;
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
        var documenteditorElement = document.getElementById("container");        
        documenteditor = documenteditorElement.ej2_instances[0];
        documenteditor.resize();
        document.getElementById('file_upload').setAttribute('accept', '.dotx,.docx,.docm,.dot,.doc,.rtf,.txt,.xml,.sfdt');

        document.getElementById('file_upload').addEventListener("change", function (e) {
            if (e.target.files[0]) {
                var file = e.target.files[0];
                if (file.name.substr(file.name.lastIndexOf('.')) !== '.sfdt') {
                    loadFile(file);
                }
            }
        });

        function loadFile(file) {
            var ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
            ajax.open('POST', 'https://localhost:4000/api/documenteditor/Import', true);
            ajax.onreadystatechange = function () {
                if (ajax.readyState === 4) {
                    if (ajax.status === 200 || ajax.status === 304) {
                        // open SFDT text in document editor
                        documenteditor.open(ajax.responseText);
                    }
                }
            }
            var formData = new FormData();
            formData.append('files', file);
            ajax.send(formData);
        }
    }); 
</script>
public ActionResult Default()
{
    return View();
}

Here’s how to handle the server-side action for converting word document into SFDT.

[AcceptVerbs("Post")]
public string Import(IFormCollection data)
{
    if (data.Files.Count == 0)
        return null;
    Stream stream = new MemoryStream();
    IFormFile file = data.Files[0];
    int index = file.FileName.LastIndexOf('.');
    string type = index > -1 && index < file.FileName.Length - 1 ?
        file.FileName.Substring(index) : ".docx";
    file.CopyTo(stream);
    stream.Position = 0;

    WordDocument document = WordDocument.Load(stream, GetFormatType(type.ToLower()));
    string sfdt = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(document);
    document.Dispose();
    return sfdt;
}

internal static FormatType GetFormatType(string format)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(format))
        throw new NotSupportedException("EJ2 DocumentEditor does not support this file format.");
    switch (format.ToLower()) {
        case ".dotx":
        case ".docx":
        case ".docm":
        case ".dotm":
            return FormatType.Docx;
        case ".dot":
        case ".doc":
            return FormatType.Doc;
        case ".rtf":
            return FormatType.Rtf;
        case ".txt":
            return FormatType.Txt;
        case ".xml":
            return FormatType.WordML;
        default:
            throw new NotSupportedException("EJ2 DocumentEditor does not support this file format.");
    }
}

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