Extract text from .doc file in Asp.net

Question

Hi I am using following code to extrcat Text from .doc file. Code:: FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(F:\Resume_Rajib_Ghosal.doc FileMode.Open FileAccess.Read FileShare.None); StreamReader srd = new StreamReader(fileStream); while (srd.Read() > 0) { string text = srd.ReadToEnd(); } srd.Close(); But aftering extracting when i search kewords as xmlhiddencontrolformhtml as so on.. its not working properly. I mean to say in original file if i search xml kewords then they have no text. But in text if i search xml kewords then they have multiple values. And also it increment to content Length of .doc file and it contain invalid characters as ? ? 8??i ?i ?BN?? . Give me some better resolution. Thanks in advance. Pankaj

Ivan Vasilyev · Answer

Hi what you are getting from your StreamReader is a DOC file's content but actually it is not a text representation but rather a binary sequence which contains text text formatting information images (if any) etc. You can read more about DOC binary file format on MSDN . Now one way you can try to extract the text (as mentioned by Amit) is to call word automation functions with C# code  but note that this is not recommended on server side applications. Another way you can try is to call functions of this word dll with C# code  for example like this: DocumentModel doc = DocumentModel.Load(F:\Resume_Rajib_Ghosal.doc); string text = doc.Content.ToString();

Amit Choudhary · Answer

hi friend add reference References->Add Reference to microsoft 9.0 com object and you can write the code to read Word file like this: Word.Application app = new Word.ApplicationClass(); object nullobj = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; object file = @C:\Suneetha\Ques.doc; 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); doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.WholeStory(); doc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy(); IDataObject data = Clipboard.GetDataObject(); string text = data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString(); Console.WriteLine(text); doc.Close(ref nullobj ref nullobj ref nullobj); app.Quit(ref nullobj ref nullobj ref nullobj); Please mark as answer if it helps.