[superken81]

Hello,

I am using C# ASP.NET and I need to be able to open a .Docx file that is located on the server on the client, I was thinking that this could be done with a memory stream or simply just directing Word to the server URL. Saldy I have not gotten anything to work, the code snippet below is my current attempt at resolving the issue.

    void ReadDocument(String fileName)
    {
        // setup the path to the file.
        object template = Server.MapPath("~\\Assets\\" + fileName.Trim());

        Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wordObject = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
        object nullobject = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

        Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document outDocument = wordObject.Documents.Open
                    (ref template, ref nullobject, ref nullobject, ref nullobject,
                    ref nullobject, ref nullobject, ref nullobject, ref nullobject,
                    ref nullobject, ref nullobject, ref nullobject, ref nullobject,
                    ref nullobject, ref nullobject, ref nullobject, ref nullobject);

        outdocument.Activate();
        processReport(wordObject);

        //return outDocument;
    }

[Nakor]

There's really not anything special to do other than provide a link to the file's location.

http://mywebsite.com/document.docx

If the client computer has word installed then it should open it automatically in Word. If they don't have word then their computer won't know what to do with a file with that extension.

This post has been edited by Nakor: 01 August 2012 - 04:05 PM

[superken81]

Thank you for the reply, I guess I should have been slightly more detailed.

I need to be able to do all of this via code so that when word is opened I can manipulate the text of the document. Basically I will be loading a template into the browser, and the replacing variables with values.

superken81, on 01 August 2012 - 04:20 PM, said:

Thank you for the reply, I guess I should have been slightly more detailed.

I need to be able to do all of this via code so that when word is opened I can manipulate the text of the document. Basically I will be loading a template into the browser, and the replacing variables with values.

Sorry I meant "I will be loading a template into the Word application" not "browser".

[_HAWK_]

The Open method needs the file path as the first parameter.

[superken81]

_HAWK_, on 01 August 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

The Open method needs the file path as the first parameter.

Thank you for the reply.

In the code snippet the first parameter of the Open method is the file path.

[_HAWK_]

Is the path valid?

[superken81]

_HAWK_, on 02 August 2012 - 12:02 PM, said:

Is the path valid?

Yes the Path is valid, manually typing in the path works fine.. running the code from the server, everything works, but on the client end it cannot find the file.

Thanks again for looking at this issue with me.

[_HAWK_]

Any chance this is a virtual directory? You can use this: Web.VirtualPathUtility.

[superken81]

_HAWK_, on 02 August 2012 - 04:05 PM, said:

Any chance this is a virtual directory? You can use this: Web.VirtualPathUtility.

Hey, _Hawk_

I do not think so, I can access the file by "Http://mydomain.com/Assets/template.docx" without any issues. Maybe I can try making it a virtual drive.. but I would prefer not to have to do that.

[_HAWK_]

Did you try "~\Assets\" instead of "~\\Assets\\"?

[superken81]

_HAWK_, on 02 August 2012 - 04:38 PM, said:

Did you try "~\Assets\" instead of "~\\Assets\\"?

"\\" escapes the "\" character, just using "\" in C# causes an "Unrecognized escape sequence" error. Basically "\\" is equal to just "\".

[_HAWK_]

Right! I don't do C#, I can understand it, I just forget things like that. My browser swaps \ for / have you tried @"~/Assets/".

This post has been edited by _HAWK_: 02 August 2012 - 05:01 PM

[superken81]

_HAWK_, on 02 August 2012 - 05:01 PM, said:

Right! I don't do C#, I can understand it, I just forget things like that. My browser swaps \ for / have you tried @"~/Assets/".

No I have not tried that, I will give that a go and let you know if it helps at all.

Nope no go using the @

I get the same error message

[_HAWK_]

Code behind is server side so shouldn't Word be loaded on the server for this to work?

[Jstall]

Hi,

Sorry, I just want to clarify what you are attempting here. Are you trying to do some sort of manipulation of a docx file on the server then send it to the browser? Could you give us a better idea of what you are trying to do? What is happening when you run the code you have now? What does processReport() do?