Give your users a word processor inside your own application. sgcRichEdit edits documents with styles, lists, tables, images and links, reads and writes JSON, HTML, Markdown and RTF, and exports DOCX, PDF and PNG pages. One document model drives the VCL, FireMonkey, WinForms, WPF and Avalonia controls, and it renders without a window, on Linux64 too.
// open a Word RTF file, save it in every format
sgcVCLRichEdit1.LoadFromFile('contract.rtf');
sgcVCLRichEdit1.SaveToFile('contract.html', refHTML);
sgcVCLRichEdit1.SaveToFile('contract.md', refMarkdown);
sgcVCLRichEdit1.SaveToFile('contract.docx', refDOCX);
sgcVCLRichEdit1.ExportToPDF('contract.pdf');
sgcVCLRichEdit1.ExportToPNG('page1.png', 0, 150);The highlights below. The feature matrix lists every feature and compares sgcRichEdit with other rich text editors.
A structured document model with the parts users expect from a word processor.
Write the document
A rich text box is not enough when users write contracts, reports or letters that must look the same every time. sgcRichEdit keeps a real document: paragraphs with named styles, multilevel lists, tables, inline images and hyperlinks. Formatting comes from a style chain plus direct formatting, so changing the Heading 1 style changes every heading at once.
OnLinkClick eventWrite the document
Users bring their word processor habits with them. The editor answers the usual shortcuts, keeps a full undo and redo history, and finds and replaces text across paragraphs and table cells. Every command is available from code through ExecuteCommand and CommandState, and through VCL and FireMonkey actions, so a toolbar or a ribbon stays in sync with the selection.
Input methods, bidirectional text and a translated user interface.
Every language
Japanese, Chinese and Korean users type through an input method editor, and Arabic and Hebrew users write from right to left, often with English words in the same sentence. sgcRichEdit shows the IME composition inline at the caret and commits it as one undo step. Bidirectional paragraphs keep the caret and the selection where the reader expects them, and each paragraph has its own direction.
Read and write the formats your users already have.
Exchange documents
Documents arrive as RTF from Word, as HTML from a browser or an email, or as Markdown from a developer tool. sgcRichEdit reads and writes all of them, and keeps its own native JSON format that stores every detail of the document. LoadFromFile detects the format, SaveToFile takes the format you ask for, and properties such as AsHTML, AsRTF and AsMarkdown read and write the document as a string.
Exchange documents
Copy puts the selection on the clipboard as RTF, HTML and plain text, so it pastes with its formatting into Word, an email or a web form. Paste takes RTF and HTML from Word and from browsers, and Ctrl+Shift+V pastes plain text when the formatting is not wanted.
Paper, PDF, images and screen readers from the same document.
Print, export and accessibility
The editor paginates the document with the page settings of the document: paragraphs split by lines, header rows repeat on each page of a table, and page breaks are kept. Print and PrintPreview work on the desktop, ExportToPDF writes a tagged PDF through the sgcPDF engine, which is installed with sgcRichEdit, and ExportToPNG renders any page at the resolution you choose.
Print, export and accessibility
An editor that a screen reader cannot read is a barrier for some of your users. On Windows, the controls expose the UI Automation text pattern, so a screen reader can read by character, word, line and paragraph, announce formatting and follow the caret. Images are named by their alternative text, links are reported as links, and every command can be reached from the keyboard.
Store documents in your database and render them anywhere.
Data and platforms
Notes, letters and templates usually live in a database field. TsgcVCLDBRichEdit and TsgcFMXDBRichEdit connect to a TDataSource, read memo and BLOB fields, put the dataset in edit mode on the first change and write the document back when the user leaves the control. On .NET, the DocumentText property binds to your data in WinForms, WPF and Avalonia.
DataSource, DataField, FieldFormat (Auto, JSON, HTML, RTF, Markdown or Text) and FieldEncodingAutoDisplay loads large documents on demandDataSource, DataMember and DataField, WPF and Avalonia two way bindingsData and platforms
Documents often have to be converted on a server: RTF to HTML for a portal, JSON to PDF for an archive, a page to PNG for a thumbnail. The document model, the formats, the layout and the exports do not depend on VCL or FireMonkey, so a Windows service or a Linux64 daemon can load, change, render and export documents without a window.
CRM, ERP and practice management applications let users write letters, case notes and document templates next to their data. A data-aware control stores each document in a database field as JSON, HTML or RTF, prints it with the page settings of the document and exports it to PDF or DOCX for the customer.
Help desks, content tools and mail clients write text that ends up in a browser. Users edit in a familiar editor, and your application saves HTML or Markdown for the web, pastes content from Word or a browser, and converts documents on a server without a window.
Applications sold in Asia and the Middle East, and in the public sector, must accept every script and work with assistive technology. sgcRichEdit takes IME input, mixes Arabic and English text, exposes the document to screen readers on Windows and writes tagged PDF files.
Load an RTF file from Word and save it as HTML, Markdown, DOCX, PDF and PNG.
Each format unit in the uses clause registers its reader or writer. sgcUIPDF_Export connects the PDF export to sgcPDF.
uses
sgcRichEdit_Formats, sgcRichEdit_VCL,
sgcRichEdit_RTF_Reader, sgcRichEdit_HTML_Writer, sgcRichEdit_Markdown,
sgcRichEdit_DOCX, sgcUIPDF_Export;
procedure TForm1.ConvertContract;
begin
sgcVCLRichEdit1.LoadFromFile('contract.rtf');
sgcVCLRichEdit1.SaveToFile('contract.html', refHTML);
sgcVCLRichEdit1.SaveToFile('contract.md', refMarkdown);
sgcVCLRichEdit1.SaveToFile('contract.docx', refDOCX);
sgcVCLRichEdit1.ExportToPDF('contract.pdf');
sgcVCLRichEdit1.ExportToPNG('page1.png', 0, 150);
end;The .NET controls use the same names. richEdit is a TsgcWinFormsRichEdit; the WPF and Avalonia controls work the same way.
using esegece.sgcRichEdit;
using esegece.sgcUICore;
// once at startup: PDF export through the esegece.sgcUICore.sgcPDF package
TsgcUIPDFExporter.Register();
richEdit.LoadFromFile("contract.rtf");
richEdit.SaveToFile("contract.html", TsgcRichEditFormat.refHTML);
richEdit.SaveToFile("contract.md", TsgcRichEditFormat.refMarkdown);
richEdit.SaveToFile("contract.docx", TsgcRichEditFormat.refDOCX);
richEdit.ExportToPDF("contract.pdf");
richEdit.ExportToPNG("page1.png", 0, 150);The demo projects install with the sgcUI trial for Delphi. The .NET demos ship with the Registered .NET download.
A complete VCL word processor with a ribbon built with sgcToolbar: open and save JSON, RTF, HTML, Markdown and text, export DOCX and tagged PDF, print and preview, find and replace.
The same editor on FireMonkey, with touch mode and PDF export.
A TsgcVCLDBRichEdit bound to a dataset: browse records, edit the document of each one and save it to the field.
The data-aware demo with TsgcFMXDBRichEdit.
Editor for WinForms, EditorWpf, EditorAvalonia and DataBinding, which binds DocumentText to a data source.
sgcRichEdit is sold on its own for Delphi and C++ Builder and for .NET, and it is included in sgcUI Enterprise and in the All-Access bundle. There is no free Community edition.
€299 / developer, full source code, 1 year of updates. sgcPDF is installed with it for PDF export.
Buy sgcRichEdit → See pricing →€299 / developer, the WinForms, WPF and Avalonia controls as Registered NuGet packages.
Buy sgcRichEdit .NET →TsgcVCLRichEdit and the data-aware TsgcVCLDBRichEdit.
TsgcFMXRichEdit and the data-aware TsgcFMXDBRichEdit.
TsgcWinFormsRichEdit with data binding and a Visual Studio designer, TsgcWpfRichEdit and TsgcAvaloniaRichEdit.
TsgcRichDocument with the formats, layout, printing and exports, usable without a control.
| Target | Component | Versions and platforms |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi 7 to 13 | VCL controls and the document model | Windows |
| C++ Builder 2007 to 13 | The same classes | Generated .hpp headers and static libraries |
| FireMonkey | TsgcFMXRichEdit and TsgcFMXDBRichEdit | Delphi XE6 and later |
| Linux64 | Document model, formats, layout and exports | Delphi 10.2 and later, headless |
| .NET core library | esegece.sgcRichEdit | .NET Standard 2.0, .NET Framework 4.7.2, .NET 6, 8, 9 and 10 |
| WinForms and WPF | TsgcWinFormsRichEdit, TsgcWpfRichEdit | .NET Framework 4.7.2, .NET 8, 9 and 10 on Windows |
| Avalonia | TsgcAvaloniaRichEdit | Avalonia 12 on .NET 8, 9 and 10 |
Yes. The PDF export uses the sgcPDF engine, and sgcRichEdit installs sgcPDF with it, so PDF export always works. In Delphi and C++ Builder, add sgcUIPDF_Export to the uses clause. In .NET, reference esegece.sgcUICore.sgcPDF and call TsgcUIPDFExporter.Register() once.
sgcRichEdit reads RTF, which Word saves and puts on the clipboard, and HTML from Word and Outlook. DOCX is an export format: sgcRichEdit writes DOCX files but does not read them.
No. sgcRichEdit is available as a single package for Delphi and C++ Builder or for .NET, in sgcUI Enterprise and in All-Access. The .NET packages are Registered only and are not published on nuget.org. Evaluate it with the sgcUI trial.
Use TsgcVCLDBRichEdit or TsgcFMXDBRichEdit with a TDataSource and choose the stored format with FieldFormat: JSON keeps every detail, HTML and RTF are readable by other tools. In .NET, bind DocumentText and set DocumentFormat.
The document model, the formats, the layout and the exports compile for Linux64 from Delphi 10.2, so a daemon can load, change and export documents as HTML, Markdown, RTF, DOCX, PDF or PNG without a window.
Yes. Every sgcRichEdit license includes the full source code and 1 year of updates. See the pricing page.
The sgcUI help for Delphi, C++ Builder and .NET.
Delphi, C++ Builder and .NET, covering every sgcUI product.