How can I edit word files using ASP.NET

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Dear team

I have upload some word documents on my server (using IIS) now I want to edit them, my client machine already have Microsoft word installed on them.

How can I edit word files using asp.net

Thanks

Prasad

What I have tried:

Now I have shared server directory (where files are stored) and open that files directly using Window.Open method of javascript, but I don't want to share server folder.

Posted 18-Jul-17 19:11pm

koolprasad2003

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Mehdi Gholam 19-Jul-17 1:26am

I wrote a small app in .net that downloads the docx file, opens Word, and uploads the completed docx when Word closes.

koolprasad2003 19-Jul-17 2:57am

Can you share that snippet, so that I can test.

Mehdi Gholam 19-Jul-17 5:40am

Unfortunately not since it is part of a clients application, but it is simple enough.

koolprasad2003 19-Jul-17 7:19am

ok..
can I have a logic behind it so that I can try. I have wrote same code in C# winform application and it works fine, but now I want to do it in ASP.NET
any help would be really great for me.

Mehdi Gholam 19-Jul-17 7:28am

What I did:
- on the server created a json file with the url to the docx file and other info like title, and upload url etc.
- the client in the browser download the json file as a .myext file (your choice in extension)
- the browser auto opens the .myext file withe the app
- the app downloads the docx file and waits till the editor temp filename closes then uploads to the server

koolprasad2003 19-Jul-17 9:51am

Thanks Mehdi Gholam, will try.

ZurdoDev 19-Jul-17 8:23am

Use SharePoint. That's what it is built for.

koolprasad2003 19-Jul-17 9:52am

Will read abt that. Thanks.

sreeyush sudhakaran 20-Jul-17 2:14am

Correct :)

[no name] 26-Jul-17 8:27am

You can use the open source DocX library for editing Word documents without needing Office.

https://docx.codeplex.com

koolprasad2003 27-Jul-17 1:21am

Thanks Brent, I have already tried with that library. I can edit word files but only programmatically. Actually I want to download word file from server to client and give it to user to edit and after that upload that file to server.
Any suggestion.

[no name] 27-Jul-17 14:38pm

Then you'll probably need to use SharePoint as mentioned by others. That way it'll keep track of versions and changes including when and who made the changes.

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