Save Word document to database (using OpenXML)

Question

Hi I am using OpenXML to open an existing Word document and modify it. After modifications I want to save it to a database. When I am using a stream in the WordprocessingDocument.MainDocumentPart.Document.Save method only the main document part is saved and not the whole docx file. Is there a method available which saves the whole file to a stream or converts it to a byte array? Thx Danny

John Glenn · Answer

Hi you can easily C# save Word to a stream (whole docx file) with this C# / VB.NET Word library. Here is a sample C# code how to save it to ASP.NET output stream: // Use the component in free mode. ComponentInfo .SetLicense( FREE-LIMITED-KEY ); // Create a new empty document. DocumentModel document = new DocumentModel (); // Add document content. document.Sections.Add( new Section (document new Paragraph (document Hello World! ))); // Microsoft Packaging API cannot write directly to Response.OutputStream. // Therefore we use temporary MemoryStream. using ( MemoryStream documentStream = new MemoryStream ()) { document.Save(documentStream SaveOptions .DocxDefault); // Stream file to browser. Response.Clear(); Response.ContentType = application/vnd.openxmlformats ; Response.AddHeader( Content-Disposition  attachment; filename=Document.docx ); documentStream.WriteTo(Response.OutputStream); Response.End(); }

Dorababu Meka · Answer

Check this http://www.exsilio.com/blog/post/2011/08/18/Using-Open-Xml-to-Export-MS-Word-Document.aspx