PlainTextDocument class

PlainTextDocument class

Allows to extract plain-text representation of the document’s content. To learn more, visit the Working with Text Document documentation article.

Constructors

Name	Description
PlainTextDocument(fileName)	Creates a plain text document from a file. Automatically detects the file format.
PlainTextDocument(fileName, loadOptions)	Creates a plain text document from a file. Allows to specify additional options such as an encryption password.
PlainTextDocument(stream)	Creates a plain text document from a stream. Automatically detects the file format.
PlainTextDocument(stream, loadOptions)	Creates a plain text document from a stream. Allows to specify additional options such as an encryption password.

Properties

Name	Description
builtInDocumentProperties	Gets PlainTextDocument.builtInDocumentProperties of the document.
customDocumentProperties	Gets PlainTextDocument.customDocumentProperties of the document.
text	Gets textual content of the document concatenated as a string.

Examples

Shows how to load the contents of a Microsoft Word document in plaintext.

let doc = new aw.Document(); 
let builder = new aw.DocumentBuilder(doc);
builder.writeln("Hello world!");

doc.save(base.artifactsDir + "PlainTextDocument.load.docx");

let plaintext = new aw.PlainTextDocument(base.artifactsDir + "PlainTextDocument.load.docx");

expect(plaintext.text.trim()).toEqual("Hello world!");

See Also

• module Aspose.Words