ServerDocument Constructor (array<Byte , String)

Initializes a new instance of the ServerDocument class using a byte array that represents the document to be loaded and the file name extension of the document.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.ServerDocument (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.ServerDocument.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    bytes As Byte(), _
    fileType As String _
)

public ServerDocument(
    byte[] bytes,
    string fileType
)

Parameters

• bytes
  Type: array<System.Byte[]

  A byte array that represents the document to be loaded.

• fileType
  Type: System.String

  The file name extension of the document that is stored in the bytes parameter, preceded by a period (.)—for example, ".xlsx" or ".docx".

Exceptions

Remarks

Use this constructor to access the cached data or deployment manifest information in a document that is already in memory. When you use this constructor, the document is opened with read/write access.

The fileType parameter is used only to determine the type of document that is stored in the byte array. The value of fileType is mapped to one of the file types that are supported for document-level customizations. No attempt is made to open the file. You can optionally pass in a complete file name (for example, "Workbook1.xlsx"), but if you do this, only the file name extension is used. For more information about the supported file types, see Architecture of Document-Level Customizations.

To access the byte array for the document after calling this constructor, use the Document property.

Examples

The following code example uses the ServerDocument(array<Byte[], String) constructor to create a new ServerDocument from a byte array that contains an Excel workbook with the .xlsx file name extension. The example then uses the Document property to display the number of bytes in the document.

This example requires:

• A console application project or some other non-Office project.

• References to the following assemblies:

  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.ServerDocument.dll and Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.dll (if the project targets the .NET Framework 4 or the .NET Framework 4.5).

    or

  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.ServerDocument.v10.0.dll and Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.v9.0.dll (if the project targets the .NET Framework 3.5).

• Imports (for Visual Basic) or using (for C#) statements for Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications and Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime namespaces at the top of your code file.

Private Sub CreateServerDocumentFromByteArray(ByVal documentPath As String)
    Dim runtimeVersion As Integer = 0
    Dim serverDocument1 As ServerDocument = Nothing 
    Dim stream As System.IO.FileStream = Nothing 

    Try
        runtimeVersion = ServerDocument.GetCustomizationVersion(documentPath)
        If runtimeVersion = 3 Then 
            ' Read the file into a byte array.
            stream = New System.IO.FileStream(documentPath, System.IO.FileMode.Open, _
                System.IO.FileAccess.Read)
            Dim buffer(Fix(stream.Length)) As Byte
            stream.Read(buffer, 0, Fix(buffer.Length))

            ' Display the number of bytes in the document.
            serverDocument1 = New ServerDocument(buffer, "*.xlsx")
            MessageBox.Show("The Document property contains " & _
                serverDocument1.Document.Length.ToString() & " bytes.")
        End If 

    Catch ex As System.IO.FileNotFoundException
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The specified document does not exist.")
    Catch ex As UnknownCustomizationFileException
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The specified document has a file " & _
            "extension that is not supported by Visual Studio Tools for Office.")
    Finally 
        If Not (serverDocument1 Is Nothing) Then
            serverDocument1.Close()
        End If 
        If Not (stream Is Nothing) Then
            stream.Close()
        End If 
    End Try 
End Sub

private void CreateServerDocumentFromByteArray(string documentPath)
{
    int runtimeVersion = 0;
    ServerDocument serverDocument1 = null;
    System.IO.FileStream stream = null;

    try
    {
        runtimeVersion = ServerDocument.GetCustomizationVersion(documentPath);
        if (runtimeVersion == 3)
        {
            // Read the file into a byte array.
            stream = new System.IO.FileStream(
                documentPath, System.IO.FileMode.Open,
                System.IO.FileAccess.Read);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)stream.Length];
            stream.Read(buffer, 0, (int)buffer.Length);

            // Display the number of bytes in the document.
            serverDocument1 = new ServerDocument(buffer,
                "*.xlsx");
            MessageBox.Show("The Document property contains " +
                serverDocument1.Document.Length.ToString() +
                " bytes.");
        }
    }
    catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
    {
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The specified document does not exist.");
    }
    catch (UnknownCustomizationFileException)
    {
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("The specified document has a file " +
            "extension that is not supported by Visual Studio Tools for Office.");
    }
    finally
    {
        if (serverDocument1 != null)
            serverDocument1.Close();
        if (stream != null)
            stream.Close();
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ServerDocument Class

ServerDocument Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications Namespace