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While the Microsoft Office suite still relies on VBA and COM, it may be utilised in .NET code via .NET and COM interoperability. This allows you to create more powerful applications by integrating the many functions available in the Word products into your application.

Developers often think they need they need to reinvent the wheel, when all they really need to do for certain tasks is make use of existing applications. A good example is utilising one or more applications in the Microsoft Office suite of products. For instance, you may want to utilise an Excel spreadsheet to create a chart or an expense report, or create a Word document that contains user-entered data. In this article, I'll examine integrating Word in a .NET application.

The programming model
It is strange that Microsoft pushes .NET as the ultimate solution, yet it is not utilised within the Microsoft Office programming model; Office still uses the older VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) model. A critical aspect of VBA is that it is based on COM (Component Object Model), so .NET and Microsoft Office cannot natively communicate with each other. However, a .NET feature called COM interop provides callable wrappers to allow .NET and COM to interoperate.

A runtime callable wrapper allows a COM component to be used by .NET. If you are using the Visual Studio .NET IDE, follow these steps:

  1. Select Add Reference from the Project menu.
  2. Select the COM tab of the Add Reference window and double-click the appropriate type library file listed.
  3. Select OK to end and add the reference.

At this point, Visual Studio .NET converts the objects and members in the COM type library file into equivalent .NET assemblies. Once the .NET assemblies are generated, you can easily instantiate classes and call members as if the COM objects and members were native .NET classes and members. This process may also be reversed so you can utilise a .NET assembly in a COM-based application, but that is beyond the scope of this article.

The process if further illustrated with an example. Let's create a Word document from a simple .NET Windows Form.

Using Microsoft Word
First, I create a new project within Visual Studio .NET and add a reference to the Microsoft Word type library. I am using Microsoft Word 2003, so the type library is Microsoft Word 11.0 Object Library. Once the reference is added, I can use the Word objects in the code. The VB.NET sample in Listing A opens an existing Word document from the local drive when the user clicks a button on the Windows Form.

Listing A
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles Button1.Click
Dim strFileName As String
Dim word As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application
Dim doc As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document
Try
doc = word.Documents.Open("c:\test.doc")
doc.Activate()
Catch ex As COMException
MessageBox.Show("Error accessing Word document.")
End Try
End Sub
End Class

Here are a few notes about the code:

  • The System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace is imported to work with COM and .NET interoperability. It contains the COMException class.

  • The .NET wrapper for the Word objects is contained in the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word namespace (the reference previously added to the project).

  • The Application class within the Word namespace is used to access the Word application.

  • The Document class within the Word namespace allows you to work with Word documents.

  • The Open method contained within the Documents property of the application allows an existing document to be loaded. It contains a Close method as well.

  • The Activate method of the Document class opens the document within a new instance of Word.

  • The code accessing the Word document is contained within a Try/Catch block. It catches COM errors via the COMException class. The MessageBox.Show method replaces the Office VBA MsgBox function.

Listing B contains the equivalent C# code.

Listing B
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
namespace BuilderWordIntegration {
public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
static void Main() {
System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Form1());
} private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application word = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document doc = null;
try {
word = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
object  fileName = "c:\\test.doc";
object      falseValue = false;
object      trueValue = true;
object  missing  = Type.Missing;
word.Visible = true;
word.Activate();
doc = word.Documents.Open(ref fileName, ref missing, ref trueValue, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
doc.Activate();
} catch (COMException ex) {
MessageBox.Show("Error accessing Word document."); } } } }

The major difference in the C# code from the VB.NET version is the call to Documents.Open requires all parameters are passed to it, and these parameters must be references to objects. For this reason, objects are created and assigned values. Also, only references (ref) are passed to the method call. In addition, many of the parameters are null so the Type.Missing value is used in their place. In addition, the actual Word application must be activated via its own Activate method, and it must be displayed by setting its Visible parameter to true. The last caveat is that C# recognises the backslash (\) as an escape sequence, so double backslashes (\\) must be utilised to include a single one in a string.

Populating Word documents via .NET
You can open an existing Word document, or you may want to create a new Word document and populate it with data from an application. You can create a new Word document via the Add method of the Documents collection. The following VB.NET snippet uses the objects created in the previous example:

word.Documents.Add()

In addition, the Word Object Model includes numerous methods and properties for working with text within a Word document. The VB.NET example in Listing C creates a new document and inserts text in the beginning of the document when a button is selected (only the code for the button is shown).

Listing C
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles Button1.Click
Dim strFileName As String
Dim word As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application
Dim doc As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document
Try
doc = word.Documents.Add()
Dim insertText As String = "Text inserted at the beginning of the document."
Dim range As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range = doc.Range(Start:=0, End:=0)
range.Text = insertText
doc.SaveAs("c:\test2.doc")
Catch ex As COMException
MessageBox.Show("Error accessing Word document.")
Finally
doc.Close(True)
End Try
End Sub

A few notes about this sample:

The Word.Range object allows you to work with a group or range of text within a Word document. The place within a document is specified by starting and ending values. In this example, the beginning of the document (start at zero) is used. An end value indicates the size of the range ÒÒ,Β¬" zero indicates the beginning as well. The Text property of the Word.Range object allows the text to be set or reset. The SaveAs method allows you to save a document using the specified value. Listing D contains the C# equivalent.

Listing D
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application word = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document doc = null;
try {
word = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
object  fileName = "c:\\test3.doc";
object      trueValue = true;
object  missing  = Type.Missing;
doc = word.Documents.Add(ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref trueValue);
string insertText = "Text inserted at the beginning of the document.";
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range range = null;
object startPosition = 0;
object endPosition = 0;
range = doc.Range(ref startPosition, ref endPosition);
range.Text = insertText;
doc.SaveAs(ref fileName, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
} catch (COMException ex) {
MessageBox.Show("Error accessing Word document.");    } }

Once again, C# requires all parameters be specified so the Type.Missing value is utilised. You can browse the Word Object Model to learn more about the methods and properties available.

Another development tool
Microsoft Office is the most popular office suite in the world. You can easily integrate the power of the suite into your .NET application via .NET and COM interoperability. It opens a world of possibilities for adding powerful functionality to an application.

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Comments

1

Steven Borwell-Fox - 02/08/05

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in WindowsApplication7.exe

Additional information: Cl****Factory cannot supply requested cl****

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Roopesh - 10/08/05

Hi,

Word Range is a good concept.
1. But how we can access each page in the document.
2. How to read the content from a word document if a have word textboxes in the document.

TIA
-Roopesh

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Anish - 12/08/05

nice article

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sumit kumar chauhan - 28/09/05

hi friends,
this is a very simple C# code to read a word file with word formatting and without junk charecters.

In this code I simply used Clipbord to play with word data.

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog fd = new OpenFileDialog();
if (fd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.Cancel)
return;

Word.ApplicationCl**** WordApp = new Word.ApplicationCl****();

object file = fd.FileName;
object nullobj = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

Word.Document doc = WordApp.Documents.Open(
ref file, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,
ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,
ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,
ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,
ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);

doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.WholeStory();
doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy();

IDataObject data = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
//Do whatever with the text.
string text = data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();

richTextBox1.Text = text;

//Close doc and shutdown Word application.
doc.Close(ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);
WordApp.Quit(ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);

}
Hope u like it!
Composed by
Sumit K Chauhan
Email: sumitkchauhan@hotmail.com

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john - 10/11/05

I think this article is great, however I am having a naming conflict with System.Web and Word.System... I know I am not the first?

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M - 01/12/05

I use the exact code posted. I add a reference to to the Library as recommended and I get;


The type or namespace name 'Interop' does not exist in the cl**** or namespace 'Microsoft.Office' (are you missing an ****embly reference?)

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Prabhu - 22/12/05

Iam using the same code for opening and retrieving the contents of word document,but iam getting the error as "The Remote Procedure call failed" eventhough RPC is started and set as "Automatic" in my system.The error is coming in Quit statement.
help me...

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Prabhu - 22/12/05

Iam using the same code for opening and retrieving the contents of word document,but iam getting the error as "The Remote Procedure call failed" eventhough RPC is started and set as "Automatic" in my system.The error is coming in Quit statement.
help me...

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munns - 02/08/06

How to read a word document from a web form?

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sanjay sharma - 18/08/06

hi
currently i am doing a project and i got a problem----- that how can i access the scanned image which is scanned by scanner.
and i want to use that text in the .net application.

plz mail me soon if any body know that how to solve it
my mail id is---------sanjay_arya232000@yahoo.co.in

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king - 24/08/06

I have a word template which we manually fill in. I want to create a form in .net where you type the data and press a button and it updated a word template with that data. Any ideas?

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Akeel - 01/09/06

Following code works fine to read text from a word file and return the extracted text, when used in C# Windows application. But it raises a runtime exception (NullReference Exception) at line
string text = data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
when used in ASP.NET/C# application. I am unable to find out why is this. Is there any solution for this ?

Thanks and Regards,
Akeel

      Word.ApplicationClass WordApp = new Word.ApplicationClass();

            object file = FilePath;

            object nullobj = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

            Word.Document doc = WordApp.Documents.Open(

                        ref file, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

                        ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

                        ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

                        ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

                        ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);



            doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.WholeStory();

            doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy();

            IDataObject data = Clipboard.GetDataObject();

            string text = data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();

            doc.Close(ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);

            WordApp.Quit(ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);

            return text;

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Morupisi - 06/09/06

I NEED HELP [using VB.NET]

Can you please help: how can i capture a string of text from a word document and compare it with text from other document. Also how can i take that text from one microsoft word document and use a search engine like google and google with that string of text, still using VB.NET, does anyone have an idea, if so communicate with me ASAP.

email:mmorupisi@gmail.com

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Ajay Sawant - 11/09/06

Try using DSO Framer [Free activeX control from microsoft]

Download Link = http://support.microsoft.com/?id=311765

Cheers

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Muwaddat Jafffri - 22/09/06

Thanks for thr article. However, I did all the steps as mentioned here but get the following warning:
Warning 1 Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases.

...for the "Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word" statement

This results in errors when I type the following :
Dim word As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application
Dim doc As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document

with the word.application and word.document being undefined.

I added the reference and can even see it in the references in the solution explorer.
Thanks in advance.

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Muwaddat Jaffri - 13/10/06

Regarding my comment above. The errors can be removed by not using interop.word and only word. E.g.
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
should be
Imports Microsoft.Office.Word
Cheers

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AbdulAleem - 17/11/06

Dear Friends, Can u pls. tell me which versions of Internet Explorer and Mozilla support DSO Framer control. If they are supporting what settings have to be made to them, pls. give me all the information pls. Because its a requirement from my client. I have to answer him clearly. So pls. answer me ASAP. You can even mail me to : aleem_abdul@akebonosoft.com.
Aleem

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Maxim - 21/11/06

Does it work differently in Win2K? I added the reference and still don't have Microsoft.Office.Interop namespace. Does anyone know what's the problem?

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Steve - 22/11/06

Consider removing the word "utilise" from your article. You use it 8 times. I was taught to never use that word, since it is an exact synonym for the word "use", it just has more syllables and sounds like you're trying to be overly-technical or use buzzwords.

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marius - 25/11/06

Hi ! I have a word document that contains formfields ,and I want to fill the formfields (gray areas) with content of Textbox on my application form . In VB6 I can use successfully this item:.FormFields("name") = TextBox1.Text where "name" is the name of an bookmark of the text form fields in my Word Doc.
I can't do the same in the VB.Net. Can you help me, please ?
Any help will be greately appreciatted. Thanks

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Saurabh - 28/11/06

The code works fine to read text from a word file and return the extracted text, but I need to extract the image embedded in that word file.

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Saurabh - 28/11/06

The code works fine to read text from a word file and return the extracted text, but I need to extract the image embedded in that word file.

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Saurabh - 28/11/06

The code works fine to read text from a word file and return the extracted text, but I need to extract the image embedded in that word file.

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Nasim - 12/12/06

Hi, I am wondering how I can perform 'find and replace' text in a word documennt . I will appreciate your response.

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Lalit Doshi - 13/01/07

pls...help me in my project

How i can fetch word - by- word form the text file(.doc,.txt. , .pdf., etc...) in C#.Net Application using microsoft Office.interop....



any body has idea about that then pls.. reply  me.....



my E-mail Id is : Lakulishdoshi@yahoo.co.in

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shalu - 16/01/07

hello frnds plz help me
now i am doing my final project.can u tell me how to parse a resume in the word document form which is send to a company.ie separating the fields like name,emailid,academic merit,experianceand skills from an resume.

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Nagaraju - 31/01/07

Hi i have gone through ur question i too finding that but till now i did nt got anything if u find plz forward it to me

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Phil Weeks - 01/02/07

Why do you have to make word.Visible=true?

I'd rather not have word popping open when i process the document for my user, but if i set it to false, i get an error opening the document.

Also someone asked but i didnt see a reply, how do you retrieve the section numbers from a heading?

If I have 5.2.2.1 Some Heading Text

how do i get the 5.2.2.1 and the text?

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Trafmore - 07/02/07

This is some really cool stuff. I have one question. How would save the doc file to an sql database?

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zawmn - 15/02/07

I need to delete the first page of a word document. How can I do it in vb.net.

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dharani - 10/03/07

Hi Friends,

i need an idea

am doing project in E-learning..in that am doing Online Assignments..

for ex .am typing one topics in a textbox.
and in another textbox am typing some content related to that topics..

based on that ,system must automatically review that whether the content is related to that topics?..
how to do that?i want that in VB.NET or C#
if u have any idea ,send me ASAP..

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Minadd - 12/03/07

Hello,
I am using VC.Net 2003 version 7.1, I am trying to run MS word 2003 as a part of the the windows Form. I have followed the instructions to add reference to Ms word object..11.
When I type Microsoft::Office::Word::Document * wdSummary; there is a compiler error "Word is not a member of Microsoft office".
How do I solve this?
Thanks for your help.

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Minad - 12/03/07

Hello,
I am using VC.net 2003, version 7.1.
I am trying to run Ms word 2003 as part of the windows form.
I added a reference to MS Word Object 11.0, it gets built successfully but when I type Microsoft::Office::Interop ::Word::Document * wdSummary and complie there is an error " Interop is not a member of Microsoft".
How do I solve this ? Please help!

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I need help - 23/03/07

how to draw a table sturcture in word using interop in .net

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toko - 25/03/07

how to save word document to HTML file using C#

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prasad - 16/04/07

Hi
iam using ms word 2003 i nedd if else conditional statements
in word document with inteligence just ike we use it in .net ide
how do solve this

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mahendra - 07/06/07

hi freinds
all of the above code is very excellent but problem is same
as ABOVE COMMENTS
THAT WE ARE USING SAME OBJECT REFERENCE AS TOLD IN CODE BUT IS GIVIN ERROR

Dim word_server As New Word.Application

tyPE WORD APPLICATION IS NOT DEFINED
AND IF WE WANT TO DEFINE ABOVE
SO I AM USING


Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Imports Microsoft.Office.Core ??????

I AM GETTING CORE NOT WORD OR NOT ANY OTHER OPTION BUT IN CODING U HAD USED OTHER WORD AND MANY MORE OPTION

PLZZZZ TELL ME HOW CAN I REMOVE THIS PROBLEM

BYE

 Dim word_server As New Word.Application

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bm - 26/06/07

HI
I used C#.net to modify the content of word document.
From a form,i open the word file and extract the text and make operation to text.but the resulted text is missing format such as bold,italic.
How can i maintain the text format as original document.
Thank you

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die_nadel - 02/07/07

On word document some of it use cells. On that particular cell has an input value. How can I read each cell content, get it and transfer it to the database for example.
Since I'm new in VB.net is it possible?

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Yusuf Shabbir - 19/07/07

Hello Everybody,
I hav a problem relating to Placing Image content in a Word Document. My Image is a BarCode with some Text Contents, whenever i place the Image in a Word Document the Image Appears upside Down and the BarCode Text overlaps the Barcode Image.
Im using the InlineShape.AddPicture method to Place Image in a Word Document.
Suggestion required at the earliest

Thank You
Bye



Word.InlineShape isBarcodeShape;

                object oCollapseEnd = Word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd;

                objWordDoc.Content.Collapse(ref oCollapseEnd);

                isBarcodeShape = objWordDoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Range.InlineShapes.AddPicture(strTempPath + "BarcodePicture.bmp", ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

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Abe - 31/07/07

Is their a plugin where I can use spell check on a rich textbox or do I have to just code it my self this code just opens up microsoft word wich I do not want to do. I already have a dictionairy that I have paid for I guess I will just have to do it all.

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Benjamani - 23/08/07

This sample works great!

To Steve: Utilize and Use are different words in the dictionary. Learn the difference before criticizing.

To S***: To save the Word document to a SQL database, you have to store the binary stream in manageable chunks. It works great!

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Benjamani - 23/08/07

This sample works great!

To Steve: Utilize and Use are different words in the dictionary. Learn the difference before criticizing.

To S***: To save the Word document to a SQL database, you have to store the binary stream in manageable chunks. It works great!

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narayana - 29/08/07

i'm not able to create an object for word application or word document.. when i used Imports Microsoft.Office.word or Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word. i'm getting an error as Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases... how can i create the object for word.. is there any namespaces or references are to be added

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Ayyanar - 03/09/07

Hi,

I have a word document that has attached(ie. embedded ) documents like word, ppt, pdf, etc.

I have to extract those embedded documents in the document through code.

To extract embedded word document. I used the following code.

I need help to extract other types of documents(generally all type of attachments).

Please advice.

CODE:

---------



word = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();



 



doc = word.Documents.Open(ref fileName, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);



doc.Activate();



int attachmentsCount = doc.InlineShapes.Count;



for (int i = 0; i < attachmentsCount; i++)



{



embedDoc = doc.InlineShapes;



tempDoc = (Document)embedDoc.OLEFormat.Object;



tempDoc.SaveAs(ref tempFileName, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);





}

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kwek - 16/09/07

I am new to VB.net. Curretly i working with my final year project. Nw i need to read and find the content from the doc file in web based application. I have to read the whole content of the doc file.And will start to find the content from the references below.

Example:






********

other content

********
REFERENCE

[1] L. Bernstein, “Get The Design Right”. IEEE Software, Vol. 10 No. 5, September 1993, pp. 61-63.

[2] Z. Razak, “The Internet Global Villages”, in Using IT to Build a Better Future Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 3 October 1995.


i need to get content within quotes “ ” from the references which is the title. Is there any example code to read and search all the "title" from doc.

I am trying Interop.Word where you suggested url Understanding the Word Object Model from a .NET Developer's Perspective. There are some problem i cant solve. The code can compile without an error .Bt no result come out.



Example Of Code (Just want to get the doc content)



Dim myWordDoc As Word.Document

Dim myWord As Word.Range

myWordDoc = myWordApp.Documents.Open(Server.MapPath("Doc\test.doc"))

For Each myWord In myWordDoc.Sentences

If InStr(myWord.Text, "REFERENCES", CompareMethod.Text) <> 0 Then

myWordDoc.Range(ThisDocument.Sentences(myWordDoc.Sentences.Count).Start, ThisDocument.Sentences(myWordDoc.Sentences.Count).End)

Me.txtContent.Text = String.Format(Format, myWordDoc.Sentences.First)

bolFound = True

Exit For

End If

Next

myWordDoc = myWordApp.ActiveDocument

myWord = myWordDoc.Range(0, 5)

myWord.Select()

Me.txtContent.Text = myWord.Text

myWordDoc.Close() 'close the word doc

myWordApp.Quit() 'Quit the word app

myWord = Nothing

myWordDoc = Nothing



Please help me.

Is there any note or tutorial that i can refer to.?

Thanks

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Umesh Thakral - 12/10/07

About VB.NET
hi friend i have inseted the text in word file now i have to append the table in the active word document but it remove the text and add the table to that document. So i have to get the reference or range of the previous entered text so that i can append the table to document.. So how i do this....

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lewis - 18/11/07

I am trying to create a bookmark within the word document, then a hyperlink back to that bookmark from elsewhere in the document.

I can add the bookmark to the collection but I can't create the hyperlink.

Any ideas?

oRng = oDoc.Bookmarks.Item("\endofdoc").Range

            oRng.Collapse(word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd)

            oRng.InsertBreak(word.WdBreakType.wdPageBreak)

            oRng.Collapse(word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd)

            oRng.InsertAfter(fldName)

            oRng.Font.Bold = True

            oRng.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 24

            oRng.InsertParagraphAfter()

            oDoc.Bookmarks.Add("a", oRng)









oTable.Cell(r + 1, 1).Range.Text = fldName

                        oTable.Cell(r + 1, 1).Select()



            oDoc.Hyperlinks.Add(oWord.Selection, , "a")

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Itai Schechter - 20/12/07

Hi ,
I have 2 questions ....
1) How do I insert a picture to the documnet ??
2) How do i switch from Right-to-Left TO Lesft-to-right ??

10x Inadvance,
Itai Schechter.

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ROOPA - 29/12/07

i want to attach ms word document by using open file dialog box.
how i do that

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lds - 09/01/08

mahendra - did you ever figure out why you are getting Microsoft.Office.Core instead of Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word. I am having the same problem

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Kaikookoo - 11/01/08

Posible that I embedde word into C# windows form

Thanks ^-^

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Daniel Ciornei - 07/02/08

If I want do drag some text in the Word control, how can I capture the Drag & Drop Event of the Word Control

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Peter Bevil - 15/02/08

Hi everybody. My name's Peter from Buenos Aires. I'm using DSOFramer control to merge office documents stored in SQl Server, their classification data and another info and then Print or perfomr print preview. I can share all my code to someone that helps me to digitally sign the DSOFramer control using the "Trial certificate that generates the Microsoft Certificates Server. (a non comercial certificate - Don't want to pay for a certificate because my ASP application is intranet use for corporations). Any help welcomed. Best wishes to you all programmers of the world!!!

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Peter Bevil - 15/02/08

oh, I forgot: martin@workflow.com.ar. See Comment #55

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Bhaskar - 03/03/08

its agreat one can u help me on ms word in .net
in my project i want to attach ms-word document to a form,
and i want to add some text info to that ms-word document(with appending text ) plz help me

regards
Bhaskar
medikondu.bhaskar@gmail.com

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Tushar Kale - 19/07/08

Very Nice Article......But How was the .doc file are generate in listbox control......

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sheryar Nizar - 21/07/08

This can also be done by the following CODE

From
Sheryar Nizar
http://www.sheryar.net 

private bool PrintDocument(string universityCode, string documentCode)

        {

            //string FilePath = @"C:\MUST Templates\welcomeLetter.doc";

            string FilePath = AppSettings.TemplatePath + universityCode + @"\" + documentCode + ".doc";

            string CopyFile = FilePath.Insert(FilePath.LastIndexOf('.'), "_Copy");

            File.Copy(FilePath, CopyFile);



            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.ApplicationClass();



            object nullobj = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;



            object file = CopyFile;            

            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document doc = app.Documents.Open(

            ref file, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

            ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

            ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

            ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

            ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);

            doc.Content.Text = doc.Content.Text.Replace("VAR_STUDENT_ID", STUDENT_ID)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_NAME", STUDENT_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_DATE_OF_BIRTH", DATE_OF_BIRTH)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_ADDRESS", STUDENT_ADDRESS)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_PHONE", STUDENT_PHONE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_TOLL_FREE_NO_1", TOLL_FREE_NO_1)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_TOLL_FREE_NO_2", TOLL_FREE_NO_2)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_EMAIL", STUDENT_EMAIL)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_PICTURE", STUDENT_PICTURE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_VALID_UNTIL", VALID_UNTIL)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_ISSUED_ON", ISSUED_ON)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_DATE_OF_COMPLETION", "")

                                                 .Replace("VAR_DATE_OF_WITHDRAWAL", DATE_OF_WITHDRAWAL)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_MAJOR_NAME", MAJOR_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_SCHOOL_NAME", SCHOOL_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_PROGRAM_NAME", PROGRAM_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_COURSE_NAME", COURSE_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_DEGREE_NAME", DEGREE_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_PROGRAM_CATEGORY_TYPE", PROGRAM_CATEGORY_TYPE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_ENROLLMENT_DATE", ENROLLMENT_DATE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_REFERENCE_CODE", REFERENCE_CODE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_PREVIOUS_NAME", STUDENT_PREVIOUS_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_FIRST_NAME", STUDENT_FIRST_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_MIDDLE_NAME", STUDENT_MIDDLE_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_LAST_NAME", STUDENT_LAST_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_DEGREE_LEVEL", DEGREE_LEVEL)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_CGPA", CGPA)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_START_DATE", PROGRAM_START_DATE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_PROGRAM_END_DATE", PROGRAM_END_DATE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_PRESENT_NAME_FROM_DATE", STUDENT_PRESENT_NAME_FROM_DATE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_PREVIOUS_NAME_FROM_DATE", STUDENT_PREVIOUS_NAME_FROM_DATE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_STUDENT_PREVIOUS_NAME_TO_DATE", STUDENT_PREVIOUS_NAME_TO_DATE)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_EMPLOYER_NAME", EMPLOYER_NAME)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_EMPLOYER_ADDRESS", EMPLOYER_ADDRESS)

                                                 .Replace("VAR_EXT", PHONE_EXT)



                                                 .Replace("V1", COURSE_CODE[0])

                                                 .Replace("VGC1", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[0])

                                                 .Replace("H1", CREDIT_HOURS[0])

                                                 .Replace("GP1", GPA[0])



                                                 .Replace("V2", COURSE_CODE[1])

                                                 .Replace("VGC2", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[1])

                                                 .Replace("H2", CREDIT_HOURS[1])

                                                 .Replace("GP2", GPA[1])



                                                 .Replace("V3", COURSE_CODE[2])

                                                 .Replace("VGC3", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[2])

                                                 .Replace("H3", CREDIT_HOURS[2])

                                                 .Replace("GP3", GPA[2])



                                                 .Replace("V4", COURSE_CODE[3])

                                                 .Replace("VGC4", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[3])

                                                 .Replace("H4", CREDIT_HOURS[3])

                                                 .Replace("GP4", GPA[3])



                                                 .Replace("V5", COURSE_CODE[4])

                                                 .Replace("VGC5", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[4])

                                                 .Replace("H5", CREDIT_HOURS[4])

                                                 .Replace("GP5", GPA[4])



                                                 .Replace("V6", COURSE_CODE[5])

                                                 .Replace("VGC6", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[5])

                                                 .Replace("H6", CREDIT_HOURS[5])

                                                 .Replace("GP6", GPA[5])



                                                 .Replace("V7", COURSE_CODE[6])

                                                 .Replace("VGC7", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[6])

                                                 .Replace("H7", CREDIT_HOURS[6])

                                                 .Replace("GP7", GPA[6])



                                                 .Replace("V8", COURSE_CODE[7])

                                                 .Replace("VGC8", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[7])

                                                 .Replace("H8", CREDIT_HOURS[7])

                                                 .Replace("GP8", GPA[7])



                                                 .Replace("V9", COURSE_CODE[8])

                                                 .Replace("VGC9", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[8])

                                                 .Replace("H9", CREDIT_HOURS[8])

                                                 .Replace("GP9", GPA[8])



                                                 .Replace("V10", COURSE_CODE[9])

                                                 .Replace("VGC10", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[9])

                                                 .Replace("H10", CREDIT_HOURS[9])

                                                 .Replace("GP10", GPA[9])



                                                 .Replace("V11", COURSE_CODE[10])

                                                .Replace("VGC11", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[10])

                                                 .Replace("H11", CREDIT_HOURS[10])

                                                 .Replace("GP11", GPA[10])



                                                 .Replace("V12", COURSE_CODE[11])

                                                 .Replace("VGC12", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[11])

                                                 .Replace("H12", CREDIT_HOURS[11])

                                                 .Replace("GP12", GPA[11])



                                                 .Replace("V13", COURSE_CODE[12])

                                                 .Replace("VGC13", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[12])

                                                 .Replace("H13", CREDIT_HOURS[12])

                                                 .Replace("GP13", GPA[12])



                                                 .Replace("V14", COURSE_CODE[13])

                                                 .Replace("VGC14", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[13])

                                                 .Replace("H14", CREDIT_HOURS[13])

                                                 .Replace("GP14", GPA[13])



                                                 .Replace("V15", COURSE_CODE[14])

                                                 .Replace("VGC15", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[14])

                                                 .Replace("H15", CREDIT_HOURS[14])

                                                 .Replace("GP15", GPA[14])



                                                 .Replace("V16", COURSE_CODE[15])

                                                 .Replace("VGC16", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[15])

                                                 .Replace("H16", CREDIT_HOURS[15])

                                                 .Replace("GP16", GPA[15])



                                                 .Replace("V17", COURSE_CODE[16])

                                                 .Replace("VGC17", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[16])

                                                 .Replace("H17", CREDIT_HOURS[16])

                                                 .Replace("GP17", GPA[16])



                                                 .Replace("V18", COURSE_CODE[17])

                                                 .Replace("VGC18", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[17])

                                                 .Replace("H18", CREDIT_HOURS[17])

                                                 .Replace("GP18", GPA[17])



                                                 .Replace("V19", COURSE_CODE[18])

                                                 .Replace("VGC19", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[18])

                                                 .Replace("H19", CREDIT_HOURS[18])

                                                 .Replace("GP19", GPA[18])



                                                 .Replace("V20", COURSE_CODE[19])

                                                 .Replace("VGC20", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[19])

                                                 .Replace("H20", CREDIT_HOURS[19])

                                                 .Replace("GP20", GPA[19])



                                                 .Replace("V21", COURSE_CODE[20])

                                                 .Replace("VGC21", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[20])

                                                 .Replace("H21", CREDIT_HOURS[20])

                                                 .Replace("GP21", GPA[20])



                                                 .Replace("V22", COURSE_CODE[21])

                                                 .Replace("VGC22", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[21])

                                                 .Replace("H22", CREDIT_HOURS[21])

                                                 .Replace("GP22", GPA[21])



                                                 .Replace("V23", COURSE_CODE[22])

                                                 .Replace("VGC23", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[22])

                                                 .Replace("H23", CREDIT_HOURS[22])

                                                 .Replace("GP23", GPA[22])



                                                 .Replace("V24", COURSE_CODE[23])

                                                 .Replace("VGC24", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[23])

                                                 .Replace("H24", CREDIT_HOURS[23])

                                                 .Replace("GP24", GPA[23])



                                                 .Replace("V25", COURSE_CODE[24])

                                                 .Replace("VGC25", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[24])

                                                 .Replace("H25", CREDIT_HOURS[24])

                                                 .Replace("GP25", GPA[24])



                                                 .Replace("V26", COURSE_CODE[25])

                                                 .Replace("VGC26", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[25])

                                                 .Replace("H26", CREDIT_HOURS[25])

                                                 .Replace("GP26", GPA[25])



                                                 .Replace("V27", COURSE_CODE[26])

                                                 .Replace("VGC27", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[26])

                                                 .Replace("H27", CREDIT_HOURS[26])

                                                 .Replace("GP27", GPA[26])



                                                 .Replace("V28", COURSE_CODE[27])

                                                 .Replace("VGC28", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[27])

                                                 .Replace("H28", CREDIT_HOURS[27])

                                                 .Replace("GP28", GPA[27])



                                                 .Replace("V29", COURSE_CODE[28])

                                                 .Replace("VGC29", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[28])

                                                 .Replace("H29", CREDIT_HOURS[28])

                                                 .Replace("GP29", GPA[28])



                                                 .Replace("V30", COURSE_CODE[29])

                                                 .Replace("VGC30", GENERAL_COURSE_NAME[29])

                                                 .Replace("H30", CREDIT_HOURS[29])

                                                 .Replace("GP30", GPA[29]);

            doc.Content.AutoFormat();

            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range range = null;

            

            

            

            



            doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.WholeStory();

            doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy();

            doc.ActiveWindow.PrintOut(ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

                ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

                ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj,

                ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);



            doc.Close(ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);

            app.Quit(ref nullobj, ref nullobj, ref nullobj);



            File.Delete(CopyFile);

            InitializePrinting();

            return true;

        }

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Shawn - 29/07/08

Thank you very much for taking the time to write & post the article!

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Huynh Cao Ky - 08/08/08

Thank you sheryar Nizar.

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swarupa - 20/08/08

good code for extracting word in .net 

Extracting  Header of our Document  in .net

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Felipe - 04/09/08

hi !! Banda, i have cuestion, did you know how can paste one document word in a Textbox, well i using vb.net 2008 and asp, i hope some one can help me!!
TNX

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vijayakumar - 13/11/08

Hi Guru's

Please ref. my code below. i am opening a word document and reading the text content and storing into a textbox and closing the application. my problem is when i am running the code it is closing the word application properly. But after hosting into my local / web server the winword applicaion not closing i can see in process so many times. (task manager)

Software vs2005
OS xp professional

please kindly help me in this regard
vijay 

Dim app As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application

                        Dim doc As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document



                                               doc = app.Documents.Open("\\server\copy\" & Trim(ddlcustomer.SelectedItem.ToString) & "\" & Trim(ddljournal.SelectedItem.ToString) & "\" & Trim(ddlarticleid.SelectedValue) & "\queries.doc")

                        app.Visible = False

                        doc.Activate()

                        doc.ActiveWindow.Document.SaveAs("\\server\copy\" & Trim(ddlcustomer.SelectedItem.ToString) & "\" & Trim(ddljournal.SelectedItem.ToString) & "\" & Trim(ddlarticleid.SelectedValue) & "\queries.txt", 4)

                        mbody = mbody & doc.ActiveWindow.Document.Content.Text

                        app.ActiveDocument.Close()

                        app.Application.Quit()

                        doc = Nothing

                        app = Nothing

                        txtbody.Text = mbody

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reza - 16/11/08

how can i read textbox that exist in word(.doc) file or fill one label that existing in file with dynamic data. in word 2007 can do it with ContentControl but this instrument does not exists in word2003. please help me.

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reza - 16/11/08

how can i read textbox that exist in word(.doc) file or fill one label that existing in file with dynamic data. ... more

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Hi Guru's Please ref. my code below. i am opening a word document and reading the text content and storing into a ... more

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hi !! Banda, i have cuestion, did you know how can paste one document word in a Textbox, well i using ... more

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