How to convert .txt(ASCII) to MS Word file

rajeevktripathi

Hi Al How can a text file be converted to MS Word format. Any idea regarding this is welcomed (Dll, SDK, or sample or precess to convert). Thanks in Advance. BYE

Rajesh R Subramanian

Rename the file so that the extension is .doc There is no big conversion involved.

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CPallini

Smart hint, but technically there is no conversion until you'll open it with Word and then save it in Word own (.doc) format. :-D

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Rajesh R Subramanian

It may not work the other way round though :laugh:

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rajeevktripathi

Actually what I want is to convert any .txt file to .doc (MS Word) one. So please tell me any programming approach or related DLL or SDK that will perform the objective. PLease help me Thanks & Regards Edit/Delete Message

Rajesh R Subramanian

It is just one line of code.

CFile::Rename(_T("E:\\myfile.txt"), _T("E:\\myfile.doc"));

Keep it in mind that you are just renaming a file and you actually haven't done the conversion. It is perfectly safe in this case since MS Word will handle it. It won't work the other way round.

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CPallini

You have to pass through COM automation see this article http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/misc/microsoftofficeoutlook/article.php/c14519/[^] looks promising. Good luck. BTW doing it with a script language (such as VBScript or JScript) is far easier.

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Rajesh R Subramanian

CPallini wrote:

VBScript or JScript

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CPallini

Don't you like (those) scripting languages? :-D

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KarstenK

It is to hard for him to understand the elegance of your approach. :-O

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David Crow

Can you use Word Automation like:

COleVariant vtOptional((long) DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND, VT_ERROR),
vtDoc((short) 0);

if (app.CreateDispatch("Word.Application") == TRUE)
{
docs = app.GetDocuments();

CString strFileName = "myfile.txt";

doc = docs.Open(COleVariant(strFileName), 
                vtOptional, vtOptional, vtOptional, 
                vtOptional, vtOptional, vtOptional, 
                vtOptional, vtOptional, vtOptional, 
                vtOptional, vtOptional);

strFileName.Replace(".txt", ".doc");

doc.SaveAs(COleVariant(strFileName), vtDoc, 
           vtOptional, vtOptional, vtOptional,
           vtOptional, vtOptional, vtOptional,  
           vtOptional, vtOptional, vtOptional);

}

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Rajesh R Subramanian

KarstenK wrote:

It is to hard for him to understand the elegance of your approach.

Looks like that. But somebody has voted me a 1 also. I really don't understand what is wrong with my approach.

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Yes, I don't like them. There's no fun in it.

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CPallini

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

Yes, I don't like them.

Well, that's a matter of personal taste, anyway they've many of defects but in fact I think there is a lot of fun dealing with (for instance, script components http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x5t0zfyf(VS.80).aspx[^] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/asxw6z3c%28VS.85%29.aspx[^] are, IMHO, amazing). :)

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modified on Thursday, January 10, 2008 4:15:40 AM

Rajesh R Subramanian · modified on Thursday, January 10, 2008 4:15:40 AM

I've been living with office automation via COM with a lot of help from MFC. If the OP had asked how to extract text content fro a .doc file, then I might have guided the OP to use COM. But then, somehow I don't like VBS and JS.

CPallini wrote:

script components http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x5t0zfyf(VS.80).aspx\[^\] are, IMHO, amazing).

That isn't any script component. You seem to have mistakenly pasted a different link. :)

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CPallini

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

've been living with office automation via COM with a lot of help from MFC. If the OP had asked how to extract text content fro a .doc file, then I might have guided the OP to use COM.

David Crow has already done it.

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

But then, somehow I don't like VBS and JS.

Well, I underatand the feeling, for instance I dislike MFC in favour of the honest WIN32 API.

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

CPallini wrote: script components http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x5t0zfyf(VS.80).aspx\[^\] are, IMHO, amazing). That isn't any script component. You seem to have mistakenly pasted a different link.

You're right, my bad :-O. I fixed it (BTW I hope I didn't made a link swap... What help may have from Script Components the OP taht asked how to read a single line from a text filke? :-D ). Regards :)

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