Problem with program to convert .doc file into .txt file?

Question

ASP.Net: I have made this program in which it will convert .doc file into .txt file. It works well in my machine. So, I published and try to access it in another machine unit, I tried also in my machine. But it didn't convert the file. What seems to be the problem? Anyone, please help. :/

Alex Smith · Answer

check this sample code provided by Spire.Doc, make sure you have added C# Word dll as a reference in your assemblies before running following code.
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
namespace tohtml_3
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Create word document
Document document = new Document();
document.LoadFromFile(@"D:\Work\Stephen\2011.12.05\Sample.doc");
//Save doc file.
document.SaveToFile("Sample.txt", FileFormat.Txt);
//Launching the MS Word file.
WordDocViewer("Sample.txt");
}
private void WordDocViewer(string fileName)
{
try
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName);
}
catch { }
}
}
}

Edda Brown · Answer

Hi Yin, you are using word automation in your C# project so a possible reason why its not working on server is because you are missing MS Office on server side which is required in order to use "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word" reference.

Also I would recommend you to read this MS warning for using automation on server side and as a workaround that does not require MS office you can try this alternative .NET library for word documents like the following:

DocumentModel.Load(FileUpload1.PostedFile.InputStream, LoadOptions.DocDefault).Save("Out.txt", SaveOptions.TxtDefault);

Also from your solution it seems that you are actually creating a PDF file from the .NET so you can try this instead:

DocumentModel.Load(FileUpload1.PostedFile.InputStream, LoadOptions.DocDefault).Save("Out.pdf", SaveOptions.PdfDefault);

And also to Stephen, the following line will not give you the result which you are hoping to achieve:

string content = File.ReadAllText(file.ToString());

Note that DOCX files are actually a zipped group of files and folders and the "content" that you get from ReadAllText will not make any sence. Note that you can also use the above solution because it can process DOCX files in .NET as well.

Or you can read this article about finding a text in DOCX file.

Stephen Raj · Answer

I want to be uploading time any kind of files converted into .txt format.... because in Regex  function only read .txt file contents properly. here with i've enclosed my code below.... or help another one thing .docx files contents are read by encoded format.. so please give me the solutions...
cs.aspx
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.IO; using System.Collections.Specialized; using System.Collections.ObjectModel; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; //using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
public partial class CS : System.Web.UI.Page {     protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)     {         if (!IsPostBack)         {             string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("~/Uploads/"));             List files = new List ();             foreach (string filePath in filePaths)             {                 files.Add(new ListItem(Path.GetFileName(filePath), filePath));             }             GridView1.DataSource = files;             GridView1.DataBind();                      }     }     protected void UploadFile(object sender, EventArgs e)     {         string fileName = Path.GetFileName(FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName);         FileUpload1.PostedFile.SaveAs(Server.MapPath("~/Uploads/") + fileName);         Response.Redirect(Request.Url.AbsoluteUri);     }     protected void DownloadFile(object sender, EventArgs e)     {         string filePath = (sender as LinkButton).CommandArgument;         Response.ContentType = ContentType;         Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + Path.GetFileName(filePath));         Response.WriteFile(filePath);         //File.Open(filePath);         Response.End();              }     protected void DeleteFile(object sender, EventArgs e)     {         string filePath = (sender as LinkButton).CommandArgument;         File.Delete(filePath);         Response.Redirect(Request.Url.AbsoluteUri);
}     protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)     {         if (TextBox1.Text == "")         {             Label1.Text = "please enter the keyword";         }         else         {
Label1.Text = "'" + TextBox1.Text + "' " + "searching...";
//var file=TextBox1.Text.ToString();             foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\Rajkumar\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\fileupload\Uploads"))             {                 string content = File.ReadAllText(file.ToString());                 string pattern = TextBox1.Text;                 Regex r = new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);                 Regex r1 = new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.Multiline);                 MatchCollection matches = r.Matches(content);                 int count = matches.Count;                 if(count >= 1)                 {                     Response.Write("
" + file + "

" + "
");                     Response.Write("
");                 }                // Response.Write("file not found");                 else                 {                     Response.Write("");                 }
//Response.WriteLine(file + " " + count);             }             //Response.Write(file);             /*var count = ((ICollection )GridView1.DataSource).Count;             Response.Write(count);
/*DataTable dt = GetDataSourceTable();             Session["RowsCount"] = dt.Rows.Count;             Session["DataTable"] = dt;              gridView1.DataSource = dt;             gridView1.DataBind();*/
/*var file=from f in Directory.GetFiles( @"~/Uploads",TextBox1.Text,searchOption: where System.IO.Path.GetFileName(f).ToUpper().Contains(TextBox1.Text)select f;                 foreach(var x in Mylist)                 {                     returnVal = x.ToString();                 }*/
/*var s=TextBox1.Text;                  switch (s)                  {                      case "rajsql":                          Label1.Text = "search…

Yin · Answer

attached herewith is my program. It works fine when you just simply run it (F5), but when you published it and try to access it in IIS, the functionality didn't work. :(

Sukesh Marla · Answer

First upon remmber one thing, if you convert doc to txt then all the formatting will be removed.
Secondly if you still want to convert, share the code then only we can help you.
Simplest idea for achieving the same is, Read the Doc File ,store the content into a string variable and finally create a text file wth the content.
I think  StreamReader and StreamWriter might help you with the same.
Check this is correct answer if it helped.