Office.FileType enum

Package:

office

Specifies the format in which to return the document.

Remarks

Examples

// The following example gets the document in Office Open XML ("compressed") format in 65536 bytes (64 KB) slices.
// Note: The implementation of app.showNotification in this example is from the Visual Studio template for Office Add-ins.
function getDocumentAsCompressed() {
    Office.context.document.getFileAsync(Office.FileType.Compressed, { sliceSize: 65536 /*64 KB*/ }, 
        function (result) {
            if (result.status == "succeeded") {
                // If the getFileAsync call succeeded, then
                // result.value will return a valid File Object.
                const myFile = result.value;
                const sliceCount = myFile.sliceCount;
                const docDataSlices = [];
                let slicesReceived = 0, gotAllSlices = true;
                app.showNotification("File size:" + myFile.size + " #Slices: " + sliceCount);

                // Get the file slices.
                getSliceAsync(myFile, 0, sliceCount, gotAllSlices, docDataSlices, slicesReceived);
            } else {
                app.showNotification("Error:", result.error.message);
            }
    });
}

function getSliceAsync(file, nextSlice, sliceCount, gotAllSlices, docDataSlices, slicesReceived) {
    file.getSliceAsync(nextSlice, function (sliceResult) {
        if (sliceResult.status == "succeeded") {
            if (!gotAllSlices) { /* Failed to get all slices, no need to continue. */
                return;
            }

            // Got one slice, store it in a temporary array.
            // (Or you can do something else, such as
            // send it to a third-party server.)
            docDataSlices[sliceResult.value.index] = sliceResult.value.data;
            if (++slicesReceived == sliceCount) {
              // All slices have been received.
              file.closeAsync();
              onGotAllSlices(docDataSlices);
            }
            else {
                getSliceAsync(file, ++nextSlice, sliceCount, gotAllSlices, docDataSlices, slicesReceived);
            }
        }
            else {
                gotAllSlices = false;
                file.closeAsync();
                app.showNotification("getSliceAsync Error:", sliceResult.error.message);
            }
    });
}

function onGotAllSlices(docDataSlices) {
    let docData = [];
    for (let i = 0; i < docDataSlices.length; i++) {
        docData = docData.concat(docDataSlices[i]);
    }

    let fileContent = new String();
    for (let j = 0; j < docData.length; j++) {
        fileContent += String.fromCharCode(docData[j]);
    }

    // Now all the file content is stored in 'fileContent' variable,
    // you can do something with it, such as print, fax...
}

Fields

Compressed	Returns the entire document (.pptx, .docx, .xlsx, or .xlsm) in Office Open XML (OOXML) format as a byte array. Note: The .xslm file type is supported in Excel on Windows and Mac. It's not supported in Excel on the web. In Excel on Windows, the file slices from the getFileAsync method include the VBA signature files for .xslm file types. The VBA signature files are vbaProjectSignature.bin, vbaProbjectSignatureAgile.bin, and vbaProjectSignatureV3.bin. In Excel on Mac, the file slices from the getFileAsync method don't include the VBA signature files, because this platform doesn't support the VBA signature feature.
Pdf	Returns the entire document in PDF format as a byte array.
Text	Returns only the text of the document as a string.