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Last Updated: 30 Mar 2020 06:57 by ADMIN
Release R2 2020
Martin Robins
Created on: 11 Mar 2020 07:36
Category: WordsProcessing
Type: Feature Request
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WordsProcessing: TxtFormatProvider: Add support for exporting Line breaks <br> to plain text format
Currently, the Line breaks <br> are not exported to plain text format.

Workaround:
Replace <br> tags in the HTML document with a marker
string html = File.ReadAllText("Source.html");
string newHtml = html.Replace("<br>", "[br]");
File.WriteAllText("NewSource.html", newHtml);
Then import the edited HTML and export it as plain text, then replace the markers with "\r\n"
using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead("NewSource.html"))
{
	HtmlFormatProvider htmlFormatProvider = new HtmlFormatProvider();
	flowDocument = htmlFormatProvider.Import(stream);
	
	TxtFormatProvider txtFormatProvider = new TxtFormatProvider();
	string text = txtFormatProvider.Export(flowDocument);
	string newText = text.Replace("[br]", "\r\n");
}

8 comments
ADMIN
Peshito
Posted on: 30 Mar 2020 06:57

Hello,

This item will be available in R2 2020 Release. 

It is also available with Telerik UI for WPF latest internal build - LIB 2020.1.330 (03/30/2020) if you need it earlier.

Regards,
Peshito
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ADMIN
Martin
Posted on: 19 Mar 2020 14:35

Hello Martin,

Take your time and when you are ready, please, send us the mentioned example. You can make this in a new ticket thread as well.

Regards,
Martin
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Martin Robins
Posted on: 13 Mar 2020 11:22
Bear with me; I will provide a full example at the weekend for you.
ADMIN
Martin
Posted on: 11 Mar 2020 14:18

Hello Martin,

This works on my side. In the provided sample HTML document there are two paragraphs that are exported in two different lines. The second paragraph contains only a non-breaking space (&nbsp;) and it is not visible but there is a paragraph exported. If you insert some text in the second paragraph it will become visible:

<p class=MsoNormal>
	<o:p>&nbsp; text</o:p>
</p>

I am attaching two screenshots showing the result of the export with a non-breaking space (Screenshot_withNonBreakingSpace.jpg) and with text inserted (Screenshot_withText.jpg).

If the result is not the same in your end or if I am missing something, could I ask you to send us a sample project demonstrating this behavior? You can do this in the mentioned support ticket.

Regards,
Martin
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Martin Robins
Posted on: 11 Mar 2020 13:16

I will try again...

I am surprised you are asking this given that you raised the issue on my behalf following my support ticket.

Given the following code...

using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead("Source.html"))
{

    HtmlFormatProvider htmlFormatProvider = new HtmlFormatProvider();
    RadFlowDocument flowDocument = htmlFormatProvider.Import(stream);

    TxtFormatProvider txtFormatProvider = new TxtFormatProvider();
    String text = txtFormatProvider.Export(flowDocument);

}

and the attached "Source.html" (inside the zip archive)...

The resulting "text" contains no newline characters but instead contains all of the text in a single continuous line.

This is what I am suggesting should be addressed.

Martin.

 

Attached Files:
Martin Robins
Posted on: 11 Mar 2020 13:14
Sorry, I seem to have broken the portal by trying to post HTML!
ADMIN
Martin
Posted on: 11 Mar 2020 11:52

Hi Martin,

I am not sure what is the specific case. Could you give us more information on the scenario?

However, I tried to export to plain text a sample HTML document containing three paragraphs:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
    <p>Paragraph 1.</p>
    <p>Paragraph 2.</p>
    <p>Paragraph 3.</p>
</body>
</html>
and every paragraph is exported on a separate newline as expected: 

Correct me if I am missing something. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Martin
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Martin Robins
Posted on: 11 Mar 2020 10:41
The same should apply for paragraph tags (<p></p>); presumably adding a line break wherever there was previously an end paragraph (</p>)?
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