Reading text of a Word doc or rtf file

[Guest]

Hello,

What I need to do is read each line from a doc/rtf file. I tried using a
stream reader with the file but I get a lot of formatting/headers or whatever
else is in the doc along with the actual text.

Is there a way for me to just retrieve the lines of text? Is it possible to
do without creating an instance of a Word application?

Thanks,
-Flack

 

[Frisky]

You can use a RichTextBox to load the file and then get just the raw text
out of it. You can make it hidden on your form if you do not want it to
show.
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...rfsystemwindowsformsrichtextboxclasstopic.asp)

Use the Lines property to get at the text. Make sure you have the
RichTextBox set to multiline.


Frisky