RichEditDocumentServerExtensions.Compare(Document, Document, ComparisonTargetType) Method

Compares the current document with another document. Returns the document with revisions. Allows you to specify where to load the resulting document.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly : DevExpress.Docs.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Document.Processor

csharp

public static void Compare(
    this Document originalDocument,
    Document revisedDocument,
    ComparisonTargetType targetType
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Sub Compare(
    originalDocument As Document,
    revisedDocument As Document,
    targetType As ComparisonTargetType
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
originalDocument	Document

The original document.

| | revisedDocument | Document |

The document that should be compared to the original document.

| | targetType | ComparisonTargetType |

An enumeration value that specifies where to load the resulting document.

Example

The following code snippet replaces the revised document with the comparison result:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;

var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer();
var wordProcessorRevised = new RichEditDocumentServer();
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("C:\\Documents\\sample text original.docx");
wordProcessorRevised.LoadDocument("C:\\Documents\\sample text revised.docx");

wordProcessor.Document.Compare(wordProcessorRevised.Document, ComparisonTargetType.Revised);
wordProcessorRevised.SaveDocument("comparison.docx", DocumentFormat.Docx);

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Private wordProcessor = New RichEditDocumentServer()
Private wordProcessorRevised = New RichEditDocumentServer()
wordProcessor.LoadDocument("C:\Documents\sample text original.docx")
wordProcessorRevised.LoadDocument("C:\Documents\sample text revised.docx")

Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document.Compare(wordProcessorRevised.Document, ComparisonTargetType.Revised)
wordProcessorRevised.SaveDocument("comparison.docx", DocumentFormat.Docx)