GroupDocs.Editor for .NET MVC Example

version 1.20.0

⚠️ This repository has moved to https://github.com/groupdocs-editor/GroupDocs.Editor-for-.NET/tree/master/Demos/MVC

Document Editor API for .NET MVC

GroupDocs.Editor for .NET is a library that allows you to edit DOCX, ODT, XLS and other supported formats in form of HTML and save it back to the original format. With GroupDocs.Editor you can easily edit documents on the web with your favorite WYSIWYG editor without external dependencies.

This web application demonstrates the powerful capabilities of GroupDocs.Editor with a built-in WYSIWYG document editor and can be used as a standalone application or can be easily integrated into your project.

Note: without a license application will run in trial mode, purchase GroupDocs.Editor for .NET license or request GroupDocs.Editor for .NET temporary license.

Supported document Formats

Family	Formats
Microsoft Word	`DOC`, `DOCM` , `DOCX`, `DOT`, `DOTM`, `DOTX`
Microsoft Excel	`XLS`, `XLSB`, `XLSM`, `XLSX`, `XLT`, `XLTM`, `XLTX`
OpenDocument Formats	`ODT`, `ODP`, `ODS`, `OTT`
Plain Text File	`TXT`
Comma-Separated Values	`CSV`
HyperText Markup Language	`HTML`, `MHT`, `MHTML`, `SVG`
Extensible Markup Language	`XML`,`XML`, `XPS`

Demo Video

Features

Responsive design
Cross-browser support (Safari, Chrome, Opera, Firefox)
Cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, MacOS)
Clean, modern and intuitive design
Edit, format documents
Mobile support (open application on any mobile device)
Support over 50 documents and image formats including DOCX, ODT XLS
Fully customizable navigation panel
Open password protected documents
Download documents
Upload documents
Print document

How to run

You can run this sample by one of following methods

Build from source

Download source code from github or clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/groupdocs-Editor/GroupDocs.Editor-for-.NET-MVC

Open solution in the VisualStudio. Update common parameters in web.config and example related properties in the configuration.yml to meet your requirements.

Open http://localhost:8080/Editor in your favorite browser

Docker image

Use docker image.

mkdir DocumentSamples
mkdir Licenses
docker run -p 8080:8080 --env application.hostAddress=localhost -v `pwd`/DocumentSamples:/home/groupdocs/app/DocumentSamples -v `pwd`/Licenses:/home/groupdocs/app/Licenses groupdocs/Editor
## Open http://localhost:8080/Editor in your favorite browser.

Configuration

For all methods above you can adjust settings in configuration.yml. By default in this sample will lookup for license file in ./Licenses folder, so you can simply put your license file in that folder or specify relative/absolute path by setting licensePath value in configuration.yml.

Editor configuration options

Option	Type	Default value	Description
`filesDirectory`	String	`DocumentSamples`	Files directory path. Indicates where uploaded and predefined files are stored. It can be absolute or relative path
`fontsDirectory`	String		Path to custom fonts directory.
`defaultDocument`	String		Absolute path to default document that will be loaded automatically.
`createNewFile`	String		Enable / disable new document creation.

Troubleshooting

How to set custom baseURL

BaseURL is fetched from address bar however you can set custom baseURL by adding forRoot parameter at app.module.ts

Example:

ViewerModule.forRoot("http://localhost:8080")

License

The MIT License (MIT).

Please have a look at the LICENSE.md for more details

GroupDocs Document Editor on other platforms/frameworks

JAVA DropWizard Document Editor
JAVA Spring boot Document Editor
.NET WebForms Document Editor

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