How to save a document in Text format C# and .NET

  1. Add SautinSoft.Document from Nuget.
  2. Load or Create a document.
  3. Save to a Text format.

  1. Save to a file: 
    
            // The file format will be detected automatically from the file extension: ".txt".
            dc.Save(@"d:\Book.txt");

    To not rely on the file extension and guarantee that the file contents is really Text, you may specify TxtSaveOptions as 2nd parameter. 

    
dc.Save(@"d:\Book.txt", new TxtSaveOptions());

    In TxtSaveOptions you can also set various options which affects to the saving process.

    
            dc.Save(@"d:\Book.txt", new TxtSaveOptions()
            {
                Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8,
                ParagraphBreak=Environment.NewLine
            });;
  2. Save to a Stream: 
                // Let's save our document to a MemoryStream.
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                dc.Save(ms, new TxtSaveOptions());
            }
 

Complete code

using System;
using System.IO;
using SautinSoft.Document;

namespace Example
{
    class Program
    {
       
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Get your free 30-day key here:   
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            SaveToTextFile();
            SaveToTextStream();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new document and saves it as Text file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/save-document-as-text-net-csharp-vb.php
        /// </remarks>
        static void SaveToTextFile()
        {
            // Assume we already have a document 'dc'.
            DocumentCore dc = new DocumentCore();
            dc.Content.End.Insert("Hey Guys and Girls!");

            string filePath = @"Result-file.txt";

            dc.Save(filePath, new TxtSaveOptions()
            {
                Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8,
                ParagraphBreak = Environment.NewLine
            });

            // Open the result for demonstration purposes.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath) { UseShellExecute = true });
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new document and saves it as Text using MemoryStream.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/save-document-as-text-net-csharp-vb.php
        /// </remarks>
        static void SaveToTextStream()
        {
            // There variables are necessary only for demonstration purposes.
            byte[] fileData = null;
            string filePath = @"Result-stream.txt";

            // Assume we already have a document 'dc'.
            DocumentCore dc = new DocumentCore();
            dc.Content.End.Insert("Hey Guys and Girls!");

            // Let's save our document to a MemoryStream.
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                dc.Save(ms, new TxtSaveOptions());
                fileData = ms.ToArray();
            }
            File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, fileData);

            // Open the result for demonstration purposes.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath) { UseShellExecute = true });
        }
    }
}

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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports SautinSoft.Document

Module Sample
    Sub Main()
        SaveToTextFile()
        SaveToTextStream()
    End Sub
    ''' Get your free 30-day key here:   
    ''' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Creates a new document and saves it as Text file.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/save-document-as-text-net-csharp-vb.php
    ''' </remarks>
    Sub SaveToTextFile()
        ' Assume we already have a document 'dc'.
        Dim dc As New DocumentCore()
        dc.Content.End.Insert("Hey Guys and Girls!")

        Dim filePath As String = "Result-file.txt"

        dc.Save(filePath, New TxtSaveOptions() With {
            .Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8,
            .ParagraphBreak = Environment.NewLine
        })

        ' Open the result for demonstration purposes.
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
    End Sub

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Creates a new document and saves it as Text using MemoryStream.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/save-document-as-text-net-csharp-vb.php
    ''' </remarks>
    Sub SaveToTextStream()
        ' There variables are necessary only for demonstration purposes.
        Dim fileData() As Byte = Nothing
        Dim filePath As String = "Result-stream.txt"

        ' Assume we already have a document 'dc'.
        Dim dc As New DocumentCore()
        dc.Content.End.Insert("Hey Guys and Girls!")

        ' Let's save our document to a MemoryStream.
        Using ms As New MemoryStream()
            dc.Save(ms, New TxtSaveOptions())
            fileData = ms.ToArray()
        End Using
        File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, fileData)

        ' Open the result for demonstration purposes.
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
    End Sub
End Module

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