Export in EJ2 TypeScript Document editor control

7 May 202524 minutes to read

Document Editor exports the document into various known file formats in client-side such as Microsoft Word document (.docx), Word template (.dotx), 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 Code Snippet for Document Editor Code Snippet for Document Editor Container
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. documenteditor.save(‘sample’, ‘Docx’) container.documenteditor.save(‘sample’, ‘Docx’)
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.		 documenteditor.saveAsBlob(‘Docx’) container.documenteditor.saveAsBlob(‘Docx’)

SFDT export

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

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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

import { DocumentEditorContainer, Toolbar,Editor, SfdtExport } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

DocumentEditorContainer.Inject(Toolbar, Editor, SfdtExport);

let container: DocumentEditorContainer = new DocumentEditorContainer({ enableToolbar: true, height: '390px', serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/' });

container.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    container.documentEditor.save('sample', 'Sfdt');
});
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<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-buttons/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-base/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-dropdowns/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-inputs/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-lists/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-popups/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-splitbuttons/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <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 DocumentEditorContainer -->
            <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

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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

import { DocumentEditorContainer, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

DocumentEditorContainer.Inject(Toolbar);

let container: DocumentEditorContainer = new DocumentEditorContainer({ enableToolbar: true, height: '390px', serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/' });

container.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    container.documentEditor.save('sample', 'Docx');
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-buttons/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-base/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-dropdowns/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-inputs/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-lists/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-popups/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-splitbuttons/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <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 DocumentEditorContainer -->
            <div id="DocumentEditor"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Word 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

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

//Inject require modules for Export.
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', () => {
    //Export the document as text file.
    documenteditor.save('sample', 'Dotx');
});
<!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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

import { DocumentEditorContainer, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

DocumentEditorContainer.Inject(Toolbar);

let container: DocumentEditorContainer = new DocumentEditorContainer({ enableToolbar: true, height: '390px', serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/' });

container.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    container.documentEditor.save('sample', 'Dotx');
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-buttons/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-base/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-dropdowns/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-inputs/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-lists/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-popups/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-splitbuttons/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <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 DocumentEditorContainer -->
            <div id="DocumentEditor"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Text export

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

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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

import { DocumentEditorContainer, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

DocumentEditorContainer.Inject(Toolbar);

let container: DocumentEditorContainer = new DocumentEditorContainer({ enableToolbar: true, height: '390px', serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/' });

container.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

document.getElementById('export').addEventListener('click', () => {
    container.documentEditor.save('sample', 'Txt');
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-buttons/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-base/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-dropdowns/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-inputs/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-lists/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-popups/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/30.1.37/ej2-splitbuttons/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <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 DocumentEditorContainer -->
            <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;
            }
        }
    }
}

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