i want to make a .doc viewer..or even start redig from it..!!

[Ashraf Fathy]

i want to read the .doc word file with vb.net or c# i don't know how can i start... and if any one tell me how can i read from a binary file i will be glad... thanx ashraf :confused:

[Dave Kreskowiak]

Why rewrite something that's already been done, by Microsoft no less. Word Viewer[^] Just using the Open method of a Stream object won't work. The .NET File objects don't support multiple streams per file, which is what you'll need to open the file and get at ALL of its contents. Actually, you'll be using the OLE 2.0 object model and Structured Storage. If you try and parse the individual streams yourself, you'll run into a hugely complex file format, the docs of which you can find here[^] (Word 97 and Word 2000 share the same file format.) OLE 2.0 docs[^] Structured Storage[^] RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome