Read document file in C#

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Hi,

I am try to read doc file using WordprocessingDocument

But got an error like

File contains corrupted data.

My code

string filepath = @"\\...116.27.DOC";
WordprocessingDocument wordprocessingDocument = WordprocessingDocument.Open(filepath , true);//error line here

Posted 11-Mar-14 23:30pm

Amalraj Ramesh

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phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-11T23:33:00

As far as I know, WordprocessingDocument[^] is only made to handle new .docx (openxml) format.
I'm afraid it is not compatible with older .doc (binary) format. This seems to be your issue: you are trying to open a file format that this object is not able to handle.

You should try to convert your document to a .docx one, and test it against your code.

Hope this helps.