How to load a DOCX document in C# and .NET


  1. Load from a file:
    
    DocumentCore dc = DocumentCore.Load(@"d:\Book.docx");
    
    The dc represents the document "Book.docx" loaded in memory. The file format is detected automatically from the file extension: ".docx" .

    After loading you'll get the document presented as the Tree Of Objects, where the root node is DocumentCore class.

    To guarantee that a loadable content is really DOCX and set some loading options, use DocxLoadOptions as 2nd parameter.

    
    DocumentCore dc = DocumentCore.Load(@"d:\Book.docx", new DocxLoadOptions());
    
  2. Load using a memory:
    
                // Let us say we already have a DOCX document as array of bytes.
                byte[] docxBytes = null;
                // docxBytes = ...
                
                DocumentCore dc = null;
                using (MemoryStream docxStream = new MemoryStream(docxBytes))
                {
                    dc = DocumentCore.Load(docxStream, new DocxLoadOptions());
                }
                // Here we can do with our document 'dc' anything we need.
    
 

Complete code

using System;
using System.IO;
using SautinSoft.Document;

namespace Example
{
    class Program
    {      
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Get your free 30-day key here:   
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            LoadDocxFromFile();
            //LoadDocxFromStream();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Loads a DOCX document into DocumentCore (dc) from a file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/load-docx-document-net-csharp-vb.php
        /// </remarks>
        static void LoadDocxFromFile()
        {
            string filePath = @"..\..\..\example.docx";
            // The file format is detected automatically from the file extension: ".docx".
            // But as shown in the example below, we can specify DocxLoadOptions as 2nd parameter
            // to explicitly set that a loadable document has Docx format.
            DocumentCore dc = DocumentCore.Load(filePath);

            if (dc != null)
                Console.WriteLine("Loaded successfully!");

			Console.ReadKey();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Loads a DOCX document into DocumentCore (dc) from a MemoryStream.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/load-docx-document-net-csharp-vb.php
        /// </remarks>
        static void LoadDocxFromStream()
        {
            // Assume that we already have a DOCX document as bytes array.
            byte[] fileBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(@"..\..\..\example.docx");

            DocumentCore dc = null;

            // Create a MemoryStream
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(fileBytes))
            {
                // Load a document from the MemoryStream.
                // Specifying DocxLoadOptions we explicitly set that a loadable document is Docx.
                dc = DocumentCore.Load(ms, new DocxLoadOptions());
            }
            if (dc != null)
                Console.WriteLine("Loaded successfully!");
			
			Console.ReadKey();			
        }
    }
}

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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports SautinSoft.Document

Module Sample
    Sub Main()
        LoadDocxFromFile()
        'LoadDocxFromStream();
    End Sub
    ''' Get your free 30-day key here:   
    ''' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Loads a DOCX document into DocumentCore (dc) from a file.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/load-docx-document-net-csharp-vb.php
    ''' </remarks>
    Sub LoadDocxFromFile()
        Dim filePath As String = "..\..\..\example.docx"
        ' The file format is detected automatically from the file extension: ".docx".
        ' But as shown in the example below, we can specify DocxLoadOptions as 2nd parameter
        ' to explicitly set that a loadable document has Docx format.
        Dim dc As DocumentCore = DocumentCore.Load(filePath)

        If dc IsNot Nothing Then
            Console.WriteLine("Loaded successfully!")
        End If
		
		Console.ReadKey()
    End Sub

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Loads a DOCX document into DocumentCore (dc) from a MemoryStream.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' Details: https://www.sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/load-docx-document-net-csharp-vb.php
    ''' </remarks>
    Sub LoadDocxFromStream()
        ' Assume that we already have a DOCX document as bytes array.
        Dim fileBytes() As Byte = File.ReadAllBytes("..\..\..\example.docx")

        Dim dc As DocumentCore = Nothing

        ' Create a MemoryStream
        Using ms As New MemoryStream(fileBytes)
            ' Load a document from the MemoryStream.
            ' Specifying DocxLoadOptions we explicitly set that a loadable document is Docx.
            dc = DocumentCore.Load(ms, New DocxLoadOptions())
        End Using
        If dc IsNot Nothing Then
            Console.WriteLine("Loaded successfully!")
        End If
		
		Console.ReadKey()		
    End Sub
End Module

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