How to implement RtfText property for UWP RichTextBoxAdv control?
You can bind RTF text with UWP RichTextBoxAdv content by implementing an extension class with the RtfText property.
Please refer to the following code samples.
C#
/// <summary>
/// Represents the extension class for SfRichTextBoxAdv.
/// </summary>
public class SfRichTextBoxAdvExtension : SfRichTextBoxAdv
{
#region Fields
bool skipUpdating = false;
#endregion
#region Properties
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the RTF text.
/// </summary>
public string RtfText
{
get
{
return (string)GetValue(RtfTextProperty);
}
set
{
SetValue(RtfTextProperty, value);
}
}
#endregion
#region Constructor
/// <summary>
/// Initializes an instance of the SfRichTextBoxAdvExtension class.
/// </summary>
public SfRichTextBoxAdvExtension()
{
// Wires the ContentChanged event.
this.ContentChanged += RTE_ContentChanged;
}
#endregion
#region Static Dependency Properties
/// <summary>
/// Used as a backing store for the RtfText dependency property to enable styling, animation, etc.
/// </summary>
public static readonly DependencyProperty RtfTextProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("RtfText", typeof(string), typeof(SfRichTextBoxAdvExtension), new PropertyMetadata(string.Empty, new PropertyChangedCallback(OnRtfTextChanged)));
#endregion
#region Static Events
/// <summary>
/// Called when the RTF text changes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private static void OnRtfTextChanged(DependencyObject obj, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
SfRichTextBoxAdvExtension richTextBox = (SfRichTextBoxAdvExtension)obj;
//Updates the document with the RTF.
richTextBox.UpdateDocument((string)e.NewValue);
}
#endregion
#region Events
/// <summary>
/// Called when content changes in SfRichTextBoxAdv.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"></param>
/// <param name="args"></param>
void RTE_ContentChanged(object obj, ContentChangedEventArgs args)
{
if (this.Document != null)
{
// To skip internal updating of the document when setting the RtfText property.
skipUpdating = true;
Stream stream = new MemoryStream();
// Saves the document as an RTF Stream.
this.Save(stream, FormatType.Rtf);
stream.Position = 0;
// Reads the stream and assigns the string to the RtfText property
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
this.RtfText = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
skipUpdating = false;
}
}
#endregion
#region Implementation
/// <summary>
/// Updates the document.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rtfText">The RTF text.</param>
private void UpdateDocument(string rtfText)
{
// If the RTF text property is set internally means, skip updating the document.
if (!skipUpdating && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(rtfText))
{
Stream stream = new MemoryStream();
// Converts the RTF string to a byte array.
byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(rtfText);
// Writes the byte array to the stream.
stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
stream.Position = 0;
//Loads the RTF stream.
Load(stream, FormatType.Rtf);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Disposes of the instance.
/// </summary>
public void Dispose()
{
this.ContentChanged -= RTE_ContentChanged;
ClearValue(RtfTextProperty);
base.Dispose();
}
#endregion
}
XAML
<local:SfRichTextBoxAdvExtension x:Name="richTextBoxAdv" Grid.Row="2" RtfText="{Binding RtfText, Mode=TwoWay}" LayoutType="Continuous" EnableMiniToolBar="False" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="12" DocumentTitle="Note 1"/>
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to implement the RtfText property for the UWP RichTextBoxAdv control.
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