eror in reading text from .doc file

[P A N K A J]

hello actually i have an word document. i want to read the only contents of that document and show it on the label on the asp.net page. when i read , it shows but with some special characters also... how can i read only text from that file.... waiting for reply... bye pankaj

[Christian Graus]

You can't, it's NOT a text file, it's a word document. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

[Guffa]

If MS Word is installed on the server, you can use the Word API to open the document and access it's contents. --- b { font-weight: normal; }