Dear all,

It seems that the RtfFormatProvider generates invalid alternative text in the "{\listtext }" RTF group when saving a RadFlowDocument that contains numbered paragraphs.

The text seems to always be "{N}" when level N of the list is used.

While this is no problem for readers that adhere to the latest RTF standard, RichEdit-based controls and WordPad in Windows 8-10 have issues with it and do not load the list. These versions of RichEdit are otherwise capable of reading list tables.

Please note that I am not talking about loading the document to Windows 7 RichEdit, since that does not support list tables at all (it is stuck to the Word '95 "{\*\pn ...}" format).

I submit a simple list example that can be read by WordPad in Windows 10 and the outcome after loading and saving it back with RtfFormatProvider.

The outcome loads correctly in Word and RadRichtextBox, but not in WordPad. Removing or correcting the "{\listtext ...}" for each paragraph manually makes the list load properly in WordPad.

BTW, I strongly disagree with the nonexistent support for the Word '95 RTF numbering format, since it either forces us to use some other product or create our own code to parse and massage the RTF prior to loading into your products.

The problem is great, as many controls/products are still based on the RichEdit control (including some versions of our products).

It is not only old RTF data that needs migration, but pasted content from WordPad or other applications as well, since otherwise numbering is killed, without even displaying any text present in "{\pntext ... }" groups, intended for readers that do not understand "{\*\pn ...}".

Finally, to make things worse, even in Windows 10, RichEdit uses Word '95 format for saving single-level lists (resulting in content with mixed list formats).

Anyway, thank you for your time.