FILE HANDLING

sanchita · October 16th, 2004, 05:05 AM

HOW CAN WE READ A WORD DOCUMENT AND SHOW IT IN A TEXTBOX?

melvik · October 31st, 2004, 09:35 AM

I'd happy too, if anyone gives an idea!

Always:),
Hovik Melkomian.

mehdi62b · November 4th, 2004, 04:40 PM

Hello,
Take a look at this example,

Code:

     using System.Text; 
     using System.IO; 
     .... 
     private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 
     { 
          OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog(); 
          dlg.Title = "Open text file" ; 
          dlg.InitialDirectory = @"c:\" ; 
          dlg.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*" ;  
          if(dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) 
          { 
               StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(dlg.FileName); 
               string s = sr.ReadLine(); 
               StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();  
               while (s != null) 
               { 
                    sb.Append(s);  
                    s = sr.ReadLine(); 
               }  
               sr.Close(); 
               textBox1.Text = sb.ToString();  
          }  
     }

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Mehdi.:)

mehdi62b · November 4th, 2004, 04:46 PM

very good link for working on TextBoxes,
http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c94c.asp

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Mehdi.:)

pradeep_itguy · November 5th, 2004, 02:03 AM

Hi Mehdi62b I think you are telling about opening a txt document and what they need is opening a Word Document in .NET.

I have solution for that, the code below will open the Word Document file, reads text from it and display it on the textBox

Before writing the code add a refrence to the "Microsoft Word Object Library"
in the "COM" tab of Add Reference menu option

Code
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object fileName = @"C:\test.DOC";
object readOnly = false;
object isVisible = true;

object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; // To handle unecessary params
Word.ApplicationClass oWordApp = new Word.ApplicationClass();
Word.Document oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open(ref fileName, ref missing,ref readOnly, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref isVisible, ref missing,ref missing,ref missing, ref missing);

textBox1.Text = oWordDoc.Content.Text.ToString ();

Hope this helps :-)

It is not how much we do,
but how much love we put in the doing.

-Mother Theresa

mehdi62b · November 5th, 2004, 04:26 AM

is there any much difference between DOC or TXT(for writing to TextBoxes!)?
both of them are Text files(like HTML,ASPX,...).

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Mehdi.:)

pradeep_itguy · November 5th, 2004, 06:53 AM

Yes there are lot of difference between an ordinary text files and doc files. txt files store only the text, but word can store text, images and other ole objects etc., Also its stores lot of formating information with the text.

It is not how much we do,
but how much love we put in the doing.

-Mother Theresa

mehdi62b · November 5th, 2004, 07:35 AM

Ya,okay,
I dont know whether we can print the pics and formatting information within a TextBox?!

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Mehdi.:)

pradeep_itguy · November 8th, 2004, 12:34 AM

I don't think we can display images in text box, but some formatted text can be.

It is not how much we do,
but how much love we put in the doing.

-Mother Theresa