Word Files serialize document object error

James Brightley

Asked On September 26, 2019 08:03 PM UTC

I'm trying to convert HTML to the SFDT word standard to then load in the vue document editor but I'm getting an error when trying to serialize the docuemtn object

Code

public async TaskConvertHtmlToSfdt(string html)

{

byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(html);

using (var stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray))

{

WordDocument document = new WordDocument(stream, FormatType.Html);

using (var saveStream = new MemoryStream())

{

document.Save(saveStream, FormatType.Docx);

document.Close();

string sfdt = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(document);

document.Dispose();

return sfdt;

}

Value of 'html' being passed to this function

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Exception

Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException

HResult=0x80131500

Message=Error getting value from 'Font' on 'Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.WCharacterFormat'.

Source=Newtonsoft.Json

StackTrace:

at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.ExpressionValueProvider.GetValue(Object target)

at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalWriter.CalculatePropertyValues(JsonWriter writer, Object value, JsonContainerContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonProperty property, JsonContract& memberContract, Object& memberValue)

at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalWriter.SerializeObject(JsonWriter writer, Object value, JsonObjectContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonContainerContract collectionContract, JsonProperty containerProperty)

at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalWriter.SerializeList(JsonWriter writer, IEnumerable values, JsonArrayContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonContainerContract collectionContract, JsonProperty containerProperty)

at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalWriter.SerializeObject(JsonWriter writer, Object value, JsonObjectContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonContainerContract collectionContract, JsonProperty containerProperty)

at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalWriter.SerializeList(JsonWriter writer, IEnumerable values, JsonArrayContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonContainerContract collectionContract, JsonProperty containerProperty)

at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalWriter.SerializeObject(JsonWriter writer, Object value, JsonObjectContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonContainerContract collectionContract, JsonProperty containerProperty)

at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalWriter.Serialize(JsonWriter jsonWriter, Object value, Type objectType)

at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.SerializeInternal(JsonWriter jsonWriter, Object value, Type objectType)

at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObjectInternal(Object value, Type type, JsonSerializer jsonSerializer)

at Tprofile.BLL.Services.DocumentManipulationService.d__2.MoveNext() in \Services\DocumentManipulationService.cs:line 48

Inner Exception 1:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

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Suriya Murugan [Syncfusion]

Replied On September 27, 2019 12:56 PM UTC

Hi James,

Thank you for contacting the Synfusion support.

Using Syncfusion DocIO, you can convert the Html Document to Sfdt and load the sample DocumentEditor.

Please check below sample code for reference.

byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(html);

using (var stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray))

{

Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.WordDocument document = new Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.WordDocument(stream, Syncfusion.DocIO.FormatType.Html);

using (var saveStream = new MemoryStream())

{

document.Save(saveStream, FormatType.Docx);

document.Close();

Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.WordDocument wdocument = Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.WordDocument.Load(saveStream, Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.FormatType.Docx);

string sfdt = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(wdocument);

wdocument.Dispose();

return sfdt;

}

Please check the below sample for reference which is in ASP.NET MVC.

https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/DocumenteditorMVC_(1)-267484417

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Suriya M.

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Daniel Cox

Replied On January 14, 2020 04:17 PM UTC

Hi James,

Thank you for contacting the Synfusion support.

Using Syncfusion DocIO, you can convert the Html Document to Sfdt and load the sample DocumentEditor.



Please check below sample code for reference.

byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(html);

using (var stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray))

{

Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.WordDocument document = new Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.WordDocument(stream, Syncfusion.DocIO.FormatType.Html);

using (var saveStream = new MemoryStream())

{

document.Save(saveStream, FormatType.Docx);

document.Close();

Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.WordDocument wdocument = Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.WordDocument.Load(saveStream, Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.FormatType.Docx);

string sfdt = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(wdocument);

wdocument.Dispose();

return sfdt;

}

}



Please check the below sample for reference which is in ASP.NET MVC.

https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/DocumenteditorMVC_(1)-267484417



Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Suriya M.

What if we are using docx and not html? This fails with just a simple hello world text in a Word Document generated with DocIO

_document = new WordDocument();
_section = _document.AddSection();
_paragraph = _section.AddParagraph();
_paragraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = styleOptions.Alignment;
 _paragraph.ParagraphFormat.BeforeSpacing = styleOptions.TopSpace;
var textRange = _paragraph.AppendText(text);
textRange.CharacterFormat.Font = new Font(styleOptions.FontFamily, styleOptions.FontSize, styleOptions.FontStyle, GraphicsUnit.Pixel, new byte());

using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
                {
                    _document.Save(stream, FormatType.Docx);
                    _document.Close();                    var document = new WordDocument();
                    document.Open(stream, FormatType.Automatic);                    string sfdt = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(document);   <----This line throws the exception with message "Error getting value from 'Font' on 'Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.WCharacterFormat'."

                    response.Document = sfdt;
                }

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Harini Chellappa [Syncfusion]

Replied On January 15, 2020 09:03 AM UTC

Hi James,

Syncfusion greetings!

As mentioned in the previous update, once document is saved in stream using DOCIO, you have to pass that stream to EJ2.DocumentEditor.WordDocument.

In your provided source code, you have used docio document object and tried to convert the docio document object to SFDT. This throws the exception.

Provided Code

using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
                {
                    _document.Save(stream, FormatType.Docx);
                    _document.Close();                    var document = new WordDocument();
                    document.Open(stream, FormatType.Automatic);                    string sfdt = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(document);

Modified Code

Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.WordDocument wdocument = Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.WordDocument.Load(saveStream, Syncfusion.EJ2.DocumentEditor.FormatType.Docx);

string sfdt = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(wdocument);

wdocument.Dispose();

Please check with modified code and let us know if you need any further assistance.

Regards,

Harini C

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