Generating Ms Word document in ASP.NET and C#

Question

Hello.
I am using this code to save asp.net page as an MS Word doc file.

    protected void GenerateMsWordDoc(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string strBody = "<html>" +
            "<body>" +
                "<table width=\"100%\" style=\"background-color:#cfcfcf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><tr><td>????</td><td>2nd cell body data</td></tr></table>" +
                txtName.Text + "</b></div>" +
                "Ms Word document generated successfully." +
            "</body>" +
            "</html>";
        string fileName = "MsWordSample.doc";

        Response.ContentType = "application/msword";
        Response.Charset = "Windows-1255";
        Response.AppendHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);
        Response.Write(strBody);
}

    }

I have 2 questions:
1. If I write a text in hebrew, I cant see it correctly in the doc file. what should I do ?
2. How can I add image to the doc file ?

thank you !

Sam Hobbs · Answer

That is a HTML file not a Word file. You should save it with a html or htm extension instead of doc. I do not know a lot about encodings and such. I think you need to use an encoding that allows Hebrew. Look at HTML files that show Hebrew correctly; that might be a quick way to determine what encoding t use. In your code you use Windows-1255 for the Charset but I think that does not specify what encoding to use for the HTML; you need to specify the encoding in the HTML. In IE you can determine what encoding is used by doing View | Encoding. You need to put the encoding in the HTML; I do not know how to do that but I could figure it out very quickly and I think you can figure it out too.