Streaming only the body of an MSWord document

[Guest]

Is there some way to stream only the body of a Word document (.doc), without
all the hidden information, such as the gobbledygook at the top and document
prroperties?

 

[John Timney \( MVP \)]

no - that would not be a complete document. What you could do is invoke
word server side and pick out the sections you needed and return them as
text with a doc extension leaving all the properties and stuff blank when
word opened it as a new document.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

What exactly are you asking? Do you only want to send the text in the
document?

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
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[Guest]

How would one go about that?

no - that would not be a complete document. What you could do is invoke
word server side and pick out the sections you needed and return them as
text with a doc extension leaving all the properties and stuff blank when
word opened it as a new document.

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Regards

John Timney
Microsoft MVP

 

[Guest]

I want the text at a minimum. Formatted text would be better. The whole
"public face" of the document would be best.
Basically, what i'm trying to accomplish is to display the contents of
documents uploaded by users within the context of my site, rather than
serving up the whole document outside the page.
I hope that makes sense.

 

[John Timney \( MVP \)]

You'll need to install office on your server, and manipulate the documents
via automation

Start here:

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/wordapplication.asp