How to: Save a Document in the RichEdit Control

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Export;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Services;

private void btnSaveToFile_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    richEditControl1.SaveDocument("SavedDocument.rtf", DocumentFormat.Rtf);
    System.IO.FileInfo fi = new System.IO.FileInfo("SavedDocument.rtf");
    string msg = String.Format("The size of the file is {0:#,#} bytes.", fi.Length.ToString("#,#"));
    MessageBox.Show(msg);
}

private void richEditControl1_BeforeExport(object sender, DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.BeforeExportEventArgs e) {
    DocumentExportCapabilities checkDocument = richEditControl1.Document.RequiredExportCapabilities;
    if((e.DocumentFormat == DocumentFormat.Rtf) && checkDocument.InlinePictures ) {
        DialogResult reduceFileSize = MessageBox.Show("This document contains inline pictures.\n" +
        "You can embed the same picture in two different types (original and Windows Metafile) for better compatibility" +
        " although it increases the file size. By default a picture is saved in original format only.\n" +
        "Enable dual picture format in a saved file?",
        "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);

        RtfDocumentExporterOptions options = e.Options as RtfDocumentExporterOptions;
        if(options != null) {
            switch (reduceFileSize) {
            case DialogResult.Yes:
                    options.Compatibility.DuplicateObjectAsMetafile = true;
                    break;
            case System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.No:
                    options.Compatibility.DuplicateObjectAsMetafile = false;
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Export
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Services

Private Sub btnSaveToFile_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnSaveToFile.Click
    richEditControl1.SaveDocument("SavedDocument.rtf", DocumentFormat.Rtf)
    Dim fi As New System.IO.FileInfo("SavedDocument.rtf")
    Dim msg As String = String.Format("The size of the file is {0:#,#} bytes.", fi.Length.ToString("#,#"))
    MessageBox.Show(msg)
End Sub

Private Sub richEditControl1_BeforeExport(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.BeforeExportEventArgs) Handles richEditControl1.BeforeExport
    Dim checkDocument As DocumentExportCapabilities = richEditControl1.Document.RequiredExportCapabilities
    If (e.DocumentFormat = DocumentFormat.Rtf) AndAlso checkDocument.InlinePictures Then
        Dim reduceFileSize As DialogResult = MessageBox.Show("This document contains inline pictures." & Constants.vbLf & "You can embed the same picture in two different types (original and Windows Metafile) for better compatibility" & " although it increases the file size. By default a picture is saved in original format only." & Constants.vbLf & "Enable dual picture format in a saved file?", "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning)

        Dim options As RtfDocumentExporterOptions = TryCast(e.Options, RtfDocumentExporterOptions)
        If options IsNot Nothing Then
            Select Case reduceFileSize
            Case System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes
                    options.Compatibility.DuplicateObjectAsMetafile = True
            Case System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.No
                    options.Compatibility.DuplicateObjectAsMetafile = False
            End Select
        End If
    End If
End Sub

public class CustomRichEditCommandFactoryService : IRichEditCommandFactoryService
{
    readonly IRichEditCommandFactoryService service;
    readonly RichEditControl control;
    public CustomRichEditCommandFactoryService(RichEditControl control, IRichEditCommandFactoryService service)
    {
        DevExpress.Utils.Guard.ArgumentNotNull(control, "control");
        DevExpress.Utils.Guard.ArgumentNotNull(service, "service");
        this.control = control;
        this.service = service;
    }
    public RichEditCommand CreateCommand(RichEditCommandId id)
    {
        if (id == RichEditCommandId.FileSaveAs)
            return new CustomSaveDocumentAsCommand(control);

        return service.CreateCommand(id);
    }
}

public class CustomSaveDocumentAsCommand : SaveDocumentAsCommand
{
    public CustomSaveDocumentAsCommand(IRichEditControl control)
        : base(control) {}

    protected override void ExecuteCore()
    {
        SaveFileDialog dialog = new SaveFileDialog
        {
            Filter = "Rich Text Format Files (*.rtf)|*.rtf|All Files (*.*)|*.*",
            FileName = "SavedDocument.rtf",
            RestoreDirectory = true,
            CheckFileExists = false,
            CheckPathExists = true,
            OverwritePrompt = true,
            DereferenceLinks = true,
            ValidateNames = true,
            AddExtension = false,
            FilterIndex = 1
        };
        dialog.InitialDirectory = "C:\\Temp";
        if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        {
            ((RichEditControl)this.Control).SaveDocument(dialog.FileName, DocumentFormat.Rtf);
        }
        //base.ExecuteCore();
    }
}

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Export;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Services;

        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();

            CustomRichEditCommandFactoryService commandFactory = 
                new CustomRichEditCommandFactoryService(richEditControl1, 
                    richEditControl1.GetService<IRichEditCommandFactoryService>());
            richEditControl1.ReplaceService<IRichEditCommandFactoryService>(commandFactory);
        }

Public Class CustomRichEditCommandFactoryService
    Implements IRichEditCommandFactoryService
    Private ReadOnly service As IRichEditCommandFactoryService
    Private ReadOnly control As RichEditControl
    Public Sub New(ByVal control As RichEditControl, ByVal service As IRichEditCommandFactoryService)
        DevExpress.Utils.Guard.ArgumentNotNull(control, "control")
        DevExpress.Utils.Guard.ArgumentNotNull(service, "service")
        Me.control = control
        Me.service = service
    End Sub
    Public Function CreateCommand(ByVal id As RichEditCommandId) As RichEditCommand Implements IRichEditCommandFactoryService.CreateCommand
        If id = RichEditCommandId.FileSaveAs Then
            Return New CustomSaveDocumentAsCommand(control)
        End If

        Return service.CreateCommand(id)
    End Function
End Class

Public Class CustomSaveDocumentAsCommand
    Inherits SaveDocumentAsCommand
    Public Sub New(ByVal control As IRichEditControl)
        MyBase.New(control)
    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Sub ExecuteCore()
        Dim dialog As SaveFileDialog = New SaveFileDialog With {.Filter = "Rich Text Format Files (*.rtf)|*.rtf|All Files (*.*)|*.*", .FileName = "SavedDocument.rtf", .RestoreDirectory = True, .CheckFileExists = False, .CheckPathExists = True, .OverwritePrompt = True, .DereferenceLinks = True, .ValidateNames = True, .AddExtension = False, .FilterIndex = 1}
        dialog.InitialDirectory = "C:\Temp"
        If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
            CType(Me.Control, RichEditControl).SaveDocument(dialog.FileName, DocumentFormat.Rtf)
        End If
        'base.ExecuteCore();
    End Sub
End Class

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Export
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Services

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()

            Dim commandFactory As New CustomRichEditCommandFactoryService(richEditControl1, richEditControl1.GetService(Of IRichEditCommandFactoryService)())
            richEditControl1.ReplaceService(Of IRichEditCommandFactoryService)(commandFactory)
        End Sub