Question about office files....
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Hi, i am developing a project(vb.net 2005) which acts like an Office Viewer. That means that on a form, the user will be able to see or change page/worksheet etc, of a Word or Excel or Powerpoint file(including Office 2007). Is there any idea how to do this? ninkk
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Hi, i am developing a project(vb.net 2005) which acts like an Office Viewer. That means that on a form, the user will be able to see or change page/worksheet etc, of a Word or Excel or Powerpoint file(including Office 2007). Is there any idea how to do this? ninkk
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Hi, i am developing a project(vb.net 2005) which acts like an Office Viewer. That means that on a form, the user will be able to see or change page/worksheet etc, of a Word or Excel or Powerpoint file(including Office 2007). Is there any idea how to do this? ninkk
Man you're impatient. The problem with doing this is that you have to use Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, all that junk installed, so it really makes your app pointless. Besides, Microsoft already has smaller view applications[^] for all those file types.
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Man you're impatient. The problem with doing this is that you have to use Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, all that junk installed, so it really makes your app pointless. Besides, Microsoft already has smaller view applications[^] for all those file types.
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2006, 2007Ok, but Microsoft viewers are stand alone application. What i need is to be able to view office files within a .net project. Maybe there exists a component control, and after you drag and drop it on the form, to give filename and to see the office files(something from microsoft or 3rd party)? For example, in order to see Pdf files, you can install Adobe Reader and add in toolbox Adobe Pdf Reader from COM Components. Is there any to do this for .doc, .docx, ppt, etc... ????
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Ok, but Microsoft viewers are stand alone application. What i need is to be able to view office files within a .net project. Maybe there exists a component control, and after you drag and drop it on the form, to give filename and to see the office files(something from microsoft or 3rd party)? For example, in order to see Pdf files, you can install Adobe Reader and add in toolbox Adobe Pdf Reader from COM Components. Is there any to do this for .doc, .docx, ppt, etc... ????
Maybe this[^]. The only problem is that it's $500 for a single developer license and $999 for distribution license where you can actually sell your app with the component in it. It's the only one I know of. I don't recommend it because it's so bloody expensive. Other than that, you can use the Office Primary Interop Assemblies to use Office apps inside your app. I don't do Office Interop so my experience with it is very limited.
A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007