How to read an .RTF file using .NET 4.0

Question

I have seen samples using Word 9.0 object library. But I have Office 2010 Beta and .NET 4.0 in VS2010. Any tips on how to go with the new Word Dlls?

So I just wanted to get the functionality of RTF to TEXT with .NET3.5 or later.

Roselleroselyn

Answer 1

I got a better solution with WPF , using TextRange.

FlowDocument document = new FlowDocument();

//Read the file stream to a Byte array 'data'
TextRange txtRange = null;

using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(data))
{
    // create a TextRange around the entire document
    txtRange = new TextRange(document.ContentStart, document.ContentEnd);
    txtRange.Load(stream, DataFormats.Rtf);
}

Now you can see the extracted text inside documentTextRange.Text

Roselleroselyn

Answer 2

Do you really new to load .RTF into Word? .net has RichTextBox control that can handle .RTF files. See here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1z7hy77a.aspx (How to: Load Files into the Windows Forms RichTextBox Control)

Pius

Answer 3

public enum eFileType
{
    Invalid = -1,
    TextDocument = 0,
    RichTextDocument,
    WordDocument
}

public interface IRead
{
    string Read(string file);
}

public static class FileManager
{
    public static eFileType GetFileType(string extension)
    {
        var type = eFileType.Invalid;
        switch (extension)
        {
            case ".txt": type = eFileType.TextDocument;
                break;
            case ".rtf": type = eFileType.RichTextDocument;
                break;
            case ".docx": type = eFileType.WordDocument;
                break;
        }
        return type;
    }
}


public class TextDocument : IRead
{
    public string Read(string file)
    {
        try
        {
            var reader = new StreamReader(file);
            var content = reader.ReadToEnd();
            reader.Close();
            return content;
        }
        catch
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

public class RichTextDocument : IRead
{
    public string Read(string file)
    {
        try
        {
            var wordApp = new Application();
            object path = file;
            object nullobj = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
            var doc = wordApp.Documents.Open(ref path,
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            var result = wordApp.ActiveDocument.Content.Text;
            var doc_close = (_Document)doc;
            doc_close.Close();
            return result;
        }
        catch
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

public class WordDocument : IRead
{
    public string Read(string file)
    {
        try
        {
            var wordApp = new Application();
            object path = file;
            object nullobj = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
            var doc = wordApp.Documents.Open(ref path,
                                                  ref nullobj,
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            var result = wordApp.ActiveDocument.Content.Text;
            var doc_close = (_Document)doc;
            doc_close.Close();
            return result;
        }
        catch
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

public class Factory
{
    public IRead Get(eFileType type)
    {
        IRead read = null;
        switch (type)
        {
            case eFileType.RichTextDocument: read = new RichTextDocument();
                break;
            case eFileType.WordDocument: read = new WordDocument();
                break;
            case eFileType.TextDocument: read = new TextDocument();
                break;
        }
        return read;
    }
}

public class ResumeReader
{
    IRead _read;
    public ResumeReader(IRead read)
    {
        if (read == null) throw new InvalidDataException("read cannot be null");

        _read = read;
    }
    public string Read(string file)
    {
        return _read.Read(file);
    }
}    

edited to correct syntax highlighting

Subterrane

Text is actually a fair bit more difficult like that. You don't take text encoding into account at all. – Cyruscyst

Answer 4

If anyone needs a solution to ASP.NET, I found this perfect solution:

Add a reference to System.Windows.Forms or download the DLL itself and reference to it.

Next you can extract the text by creating a temporary RichTextBox:

RichTextBox box = new RichTextBox();
box.Rtf = File.ReadAllText(Path);
string text = box.Text;

Bubalo