# DocumentViewer.SaveUserInput Method

> Initiates saving the currently loaded form's user input. The actual saving is performed by a method which has to be bound to the DocumentServer.Web.DocumentViewer.SaveFormData event.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 15.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Web`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.Web.DocumentViewer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.Web.DocumentViewer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Web > DocumentViewer.SaveUserInput Method
- **467 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer/saveuserinput-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer/saveuserinput-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer/saveuserinput-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Initiates saving the currently loaded form's user input. The actual saving is performed by a method which has to be bound to the [DocumentServer.Web.DocumentViewer.SaveFormData](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer/saveformdata-event/llms-full.txt) event.

### Syntax

```csharp
public void SaveUserInput();
```

```vbnet
Public Sub SaveUserInput()
```

### Examples

`DocumentServer.Web.DocumentViewer.SaveUserInput` belongs to the legacy Web Forms viewer. In the current ASP.NET Core viewer, configure the server-rendered component through `DocumentViewerSettings.DocumentPath`; interactive page state and styling are handled by the viewer client.

```csharp
documentViewerSettings.DocumentPath = @"App_Data\document.docx";
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(documentViewerSettings.DocumentPath))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Document Path: {documentViewerSettings.DocumentPath}");
}
```

```vbnet
documentViewerSettings.DocumentPath = "App_Data\document.docx"
If Not String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(documentViewerSettings.DocumentPath) Then
    Console.WriteLine($"Document Path: {documentViewerSettings.DocumentPath}")
End If
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [DocumentViewer.SaveFormDataEventArgs.FormData Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer-saveformdataeventargs/formdata-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [DocumentViewer.ShowEditButton Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer/showeditbutton-property/llms-full.txt)