Export in JavaScript DocumentEditor control

24 May 2022 / 4 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).

SFDT export

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

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { DocumentEditor, FormatType, Selection, Editor, SfdtExport } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

DocumentEditor.Inject(SfdtExport, Selection, Editor);

let documenteditor: DocumentEditor = new DocumentEditor({ height: '370px', enableSfdtExport: true, enableSelection: true, enableEditor: true, isReadOnly: false });

documenteditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    documenteditor.save('sample', 'Sfdt');
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div style="display: inline">
            <button id="export" class="e-control e-btn e-primary">Save</button>
        </div>
        <div style="width:100%;height: 100%">
            <!--Element which will render as DocumentEditor -->
            <div id="DocumentEditor"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

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

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { DocumentEditor, FormatType, Selection, Editor, SfdtExport, WordExport } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

DocumentEditor.Inject(SfdtExport, WordExport, Selection, Editor);

let documenteditor: DocumentEditor = new DocumentEditor({ height: '370px', enableWordExport: true, enableSelection: true, enableEditor: true, isReadOnly: false });

documenteditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    documenteditor.save('sample', 'Docx');
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div style="display: inline">
            <button id="export" class="e-control e-btn e-primary">Save</button>
        </div>
        <div style="width:100%;height: 100%">
            <!--Element which will render as DocumentEditor -->
            <div id="DocumentEditor"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Text export

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

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { DocumentEditor, FormatType, Selection, Editor, SfdtExport, TextExport} from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

//Inject require modules for Export.
DocumentEditor.Inject(SfdtExport, TextExport, Selection, Editor);

let documenteditor: DocumentEditor = new DocumentEditor({ height: '370px', enableTextExport: true, enableSelection: true, enableEditor: true, isReadOnly: false });

documenteditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    //Export the document as text file.
    documenteditor.save('sample', 'Txt');
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.57/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div style="display: inline">
            <button id="export" class="e-control e-btn e-primary">Save</button>
        </div>
        <div style="width:100%;height: 100%">
            <!--Element which will render as DocumentEditor -->
            <div id="DocumentEditor"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

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 { DocumentEditor, FormatType, WordExport, SfdtExport } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

//Inject require modules for Export.
DocumentEditor.Inject(WordExport, SfdtExport);

let documenteditor: DocumentEditor = new DocumentEditor({ enableSfdtExport: true, enableWordExport: true, enableTextExport: true });

documenteditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

documenteditor.open(sfdt);

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    //Export the current document as `Blob` object.
    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.

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    //Expor the document as `Blob` object.
    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 {
    //Send the blob object to server to process further.
    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);
}

//Download the document in client side.
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;
            }
        }
    }
}

Export in JavaScript DocumentEditor control

SFDT export

Word export

Text export

Export as blob

See Also